A research team from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has directly measured the masses of two highly unstable atomic nuclei, phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27.

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This Q-value calculation programme allows you to calculate reaction Q-values and threshold energies and decay Q values based on the 1995 Update to the Atomic Mass Evaluation and to retrieve other ...

Apollo samples provide evidence: Researchers analyzed Moon rocks brought back by the Apollo missions and, for the first time, ...

Caleigh Samuels is using modern computational methods to increase the accuracy of data provided to nuclear safety decision-makers. Credit: Alonda ...

New high-precision mass measurements of phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27 have clarified how nuclear reactions unfold during explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars (Artist’s concept). Credit: ...

The recent claim that uranium was detected in the breast milk of lactating mothers in Bihar sent shockwaves across media and public discourse.

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute for Standards and Technology. The fate of some ...

Silver-based atomic switches that create stable electrical connections between individual molecules and electrodes have been ...

Some of the elements used by living systems are far more abundant in Cassiopeia A than we thought, hinting that some parts of ...

The surprisingly high amounts of chlorine and potassium in a supernova remnant could help solve the mystery of where these crucial elements come from ...