like when two hydrogen atoms fuse to form one helium atom. Fission on the other hand occurs when a neutron collides with a ...

The team's calculations were made using a mathematical framework Bulgac began developing in the early 2000s based on Walter Kohn and Pierre Hohenberg's density functional theory, a quantum mechanical ...

Seven years ago, a scientist accomplished what no one else had before: capturing an image of a single atom. This stunning ...

CERN researchers found that atomic nuclei shapes impact high-energy collision outcomes, offering new insights into nuclear ...

The atom is a complex system of particles. It's made up of a central nucleus consisting of protons and neutrons, called nucleons, with electrons orbiting around the nucleus. Nobel prize-winning ...