How are heavy elements formed in the universe? Extremely neutron-rich atomic nuclei and their beta-decay rates play an important role in this process. Until now, it has been very difficult to ...

Extremely neutron-rich atomic nuclei and their beta-decay rates play an important role in this process. Until now, it has been very difficult to determine these rates experimentally. Researchers at TU ...

Theories about how ice crystals grow in cooling liquids are wildly inaccurate when compared with experimental data, but ...

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Waves of light and sound interact to drive electronic and structural changes in a perovskite crystal. At the atomic scale, ...

Using a novel simulation model based on machine learning, an international research team at GSI/FAIR has succeeded in gaining ...

Researchers at Ames National Laboratory are advancing the discovery of materials for rare-earth-free permanent magnets by ...

Researchers have discovered how microscopic imperfections and atomic vibrations can be used to control a powerful quantum ...

Scientists have boosted the movement of chloride ions through a solid material by up ...

Scientists have directly watched angular momentum move through a crystal for the very first time — and discovered a bizarre twist along the way. Using ultra-powerful terahertz laser pulses, ...

Far beneath the thick blue clouds of Uranus and Neptune, matter may behave in ways never before seen. Under crushing ...

Raman optical activity, long thought to require chiral molecules or magnetic order, has been demonstrated in an achiral, ...