The difference lies in the structure of the atom's nucleus, with certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles making some isotopes especially resistant to radioactive decay ... protons and 50 neutrons ...

In their search for dark matter, scientists from the XENON Collaboration are using one of the world's most sensitive dark ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Radioactive nuclear fallout can contaminate the food chain poisoning any produce it touches and the animals that eat it.cyano66 / Getty Images Fallout — radioactive material from a nuclear explosion — ...

Hickory dickory dock, this nucleus could make a great clock. A special variety of the element thorium hosts an atomic nucleus that could be used to keep time, scientists say. In a first, researchers ...

Andrea Richard receives funding from the Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration.