Mon, March 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM UTC The lead isotope known as lead-208 was considered a “double magic” atom because of its subatomic particles—until the reveal of something completely unexpected. It was ...

A clever mathematical tool known as virtual particles unlocks the strange and mysterious inner workings of subatomic particles. What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes. Facility for ...

Michigan State University's Witold Nazarewicz has a simple way to describe the complex work he does at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (frib.msu.edu), or FRIB. "I study theoretical nuclear physics ...

Fifty years ago, in 1972, the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) began operation. It was the world’s first facility to use high-energy particle beams to produce radioisotopes that are rare, new, ...