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Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99 exists for just hours. The difference lies in the structure of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nuclear power plant in Liebstadt, Switzerland, hosted the CONUS+ neutrino detector. (Andreas Haas/dieBildmanufaktur/Alamy) ...

Physicists have caught neutrinos from a nuclear reactor using a device weighing just a few kilograms, orders of magnitude less massive than standard neutrino detectors. The technique opens new ways to ...

Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory have discovered a heavier version of the proton using an upgraded detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

"The longer that we wait for fusion to arrive, the more we need it." World's largest nuclear reactor aims to power Earth with ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may make all the difference. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...