Isotonic (constant neutron number) systematics in the deformed rare-earth region have long suggested that nuclei with odd numbers of protons are more compact than their even-proton neighbors—except ...

On July 16, 1945, the United States conducted the world’s first-ever nuclear test, known as the Trinity test, in the desert of New Mexico. This test marked a watershed moment in history, not only ...

For the first time, researchers have developed a way to create chilled molecules containing the radioactive element radium. The resulting laboratory concoctions, generated in part through steps ...