Neutrinos and antineutrinos are elementary particles with small but unknown mass. High-precision atomic mass measurements at ...

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has embarked on an innovative project to develop a small nuclear battery that converts ...

Exotic nuclei near and beyond the proton drip line exhibit a range of unique decay processes, including β-delayed proton ...

Researchers suggest powerful bursts from magnetars—collapsed stars with strong magnetic fields—may have contributed up to 10 ...

Dead stars may have started churning out vast amounts of gold much earlier in the universe than previously thought, a new ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. To understand nuclear decay equations. How to measure the activity of radioactive sources. Spontaneously means that ...

Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than ...

Astronomers confirmed in 2017 that neutron star mergers can create gold, platinum, and other heavy elements, based on ...

Normally, any free neutrons decay in roughly 15 minutes ... matter takes on perhaps its strangest form yet: the "nuclear ...