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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While scientists have a pretty good handle on how protons and neutrons form stable nuclei, there are exceptions to those ...

Researchers from Kyushu University, Japan have revealed how a special type of force within an atom's nucleus, known as the ...

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New research is challenging the scientific status quo on the limits of the nuclear chart in hot stellar environments where temperatures reach billions of degrees Celsius. New research is challenging ...

Since the end of the Cold War, a new nuclear order has emerged, shaped by rising nuclear states and military technologies that threaten stability, writes George Mason University’s Gregory Koblentz in ...

The looming prospect of the United States facing two peer nuclear adversaries raises serious questions about whether significant changes to U.S. nuclear strategy and forces are necessary, and whether ...

For new, human-made heavy elements on the periodic table, being “too ‘big’ for your own good” often means instability and a fleeting existence. The more protons and neutrons scientists squeeze ...

Nuclear-capable DF-5C missiles in Beijing on Sept. 3. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) We all sense that the world is entering a more uncertain phase. Alliances feel shakier, trade is fragmenting, and ...

(Nanowerk News) A research group from the National Time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a hybrid high-stability atomic spin oscillator based on a Rb-Xe atomic ...