The Science Newswise — Fixed numbers of protons and neutrons – the building blocks of nuclei – can rearrange themselves within a single nucleus. The products of this reshuffling include electromagnetic (gamma ray) transitions.…
Read more Machine Learning Techniques Enhance the Discovery of Excited Nuclear Levels in Sulfur-38The Science Newswise — The element carbon is critical to organic chemistry and life as we know it. The physics of its most common isotope, carbon-12, are extremely complex.…
Read more Scientists Probe the Emergent Structure of the Carbon NucleusThe Science Newswise — Biological molecules called peptides play a key role in many biological activities, including the transport of oxygen and electrons. Peptides consist of short chains…
Read more Nature Inspires a New Wave of BiotechnologyThe Science Two-dimensional (2D) materials are just a single or a few layers of atoms thick. These materials often have exotic properties that may be useful for next-generation…
Read more Probing the Intricate Structures of 2D Materials at the NanoscaleThe Science Newswise — Understanding how energy moves in materials is fundamental to the study of quantum phenomena, catalytic reactions, and complex proteins. Measuring how energy moves involves shining special X-ray light onto a…
Read more Scientists Amplify Superconducting Sensor Arrays Signals Near the Quantum LimitThe Science Newswise — The outer planets of our solar system, like Uranus and Neptune, are water-rich gas giants. These planets have extreme pressures of 2 million times…
Read more Scientists Discover a New Phase of High-Density, Ultra-Hot IceNewswise — The Science Quantum materials have a host of exotic electronic, magnetic, and optical properties that make them prime candidates for use in future computing and energy…
Read more New Material Enables an Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Probe for Quantum MaterialsThe Science Not all of the material around us is stable. Some materials may undergo radioactive decay to form more stable isotopes. Scientists have now observed a new decay mode for…
Read more Scientists Make the First Observation of a Nucleus Decaying into Four Particles After Beta DecayThe Science Comparing experimental results and theoretical calculations can be difficult for quantum materials. These are materials that have special properties, such as superconductivity, that can only be understood…
Read more Researchers Test Quantum Theory with Precision-Engineered Thin FilmsThe Science Scientists can use powerful colliders to smash atomic nuclei together to create a quark-gluon plasma (QGP). This “soup” of quarks and gluons, some of the fundamental building blocks of matter, filled…
Read more Calculations Predict Surprising Quark Diffusion in Hot Nuclear MatterThe Science Newswise — The U.S. particle physics community is preparing for a major research program with the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). DUNE will study neutrino oscillations.…
Read more In Preparation for DUNE, Scientists Examine Modern Nuclear Theory for Neutrino Oscillation PhysicsThe Science Ecological researchers study the relationships among different organisms and between organisms and their surroundings. This makes it critical to understand how individual features in a community,…
Read more Novel Metric Examines the Role of Organic Matter and Microbes in Ecological CommunitiesThe Science New research sheds light on the mechanism behind how a special material changes from an electrically conducting metal to an electric insulator. The researchers studied lanthanum…
Read more Thanks to Trapped Electrons, a Material Expected to be a Conducting Metal Remains an InsulatorThe Science What scientists call the “nuclear weak distribution” describes the distribution of “active” protons in a nucleus. These are protons that are eligible to transition into neutrons through what scientists call the…
Read more Nuclear Charge Distribution Measurements May Solve Outstanding Puzzle In Particle PhysicsNewswise — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a plan to ensure the Department’s Federally funded research is more open and accessible to the public, researchers,…
Read more U.S. Department of Energy Releases Plan to Ensure Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded ResearchThe Science Drizzle is light precipitation in droplets smaller than rain drops. Detecting drizzle in its early stages in marine stratocumulus clouds is important for studying how water…
Read more New Insights on the Prevalence of Drizzle in Marine Stratocumulus CloudsThe Science The building blocks of atomic nuclei are protons and neutrons, which are themselves made of even more fundamental particles: quarks and gluons. These particles interact via the “strong” force, one of the…
Read more Resolving a Mathematical Puzzle in Quarks and Gluons in Nuclear MatterThe Science Outside atomic nuclei, neutrons are unstable particles, with a lifetime of about fifteen minutes. The neutron disintegrates due to the weak nuclear force, leaving behind a proton,…
Read more New Insights on the Interplay of Electromagnetism and the Weak Nuclear ForceWHAT DID THE 2012 EARLY CAREER AWARD ALLOW YOU TO DO? Extensive evidence suggests that a staggering 85% of the matter in our universe is dark matter. However, its…
Read more Rouven Essig: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award WinnerThe Science Inside the proton are elementary particles called quarks. Quarks and protons have an intrinsic angular momentum called spin. Spin can point in different directions. When it…
Read more Zeroing in on a Fundamental Property of the Proton’s Internal Dynamics
