NP Highlights

Built with detector technologies used in nuclear physics experiments, the system monitors radiation treatments in hard-to-reach areas.

The recently observed “fingerprints” of neutron-rich magnesium-40 suggest an unexpected change in nuclear structure.

Following in the footsteps of supernovas, a new approach offers a more natural way to make new extremely heavy elements.

Pairs of sub-atomic particles may catalyze reactions that happened moments after the Big Bang.

Researchers use advanced nuclear models to explain 50-year mystery surrounding the process stars use to transform elements.

Low-momentum (wimpy) quarks and gluons contribute to proton spin, offering insights into protons’ behavior in all visible matter.

Production of actinium-227 ramps up for use in a drug to fight prostate cancer that has spread to bone.

The radii of three proton-rich calcium isotopes are smaller than previously predicted because models didn’t account for two nuclear interactions.

Scientists use software to "develop" images that trace neutrinos' interactions in a bath of cold liquid argon.

The spin direction of protons was reversed, for the first time, using a nine-magnet device, potentially helping tease out details about protons.

Since the 1980s, scientists have known that quark and antiquark spins within a proton account for, at best, a quarter of the overall proton spin.

A precision measurement of the proton’s weak charge narrows the search for new physics.

A re-analysis of data suggests that proton-neutron pairs in a nucleus may explain why their quarks have lower average momenta than predicted.

Inside every proton in every atom in the universe is a pressure cooker environment that surpasses the atom-crushing heart of a neutron star. That

Storing extremely slow neutrons in a novel trap enables precise measurement of a basic property of particle physics.

New method produces high-purity zirconium-89, a diagnostic radionuclide used to image cancerous tumors.

Yes. Such condensates, analogous to those in carbon-12, in heavier nuclei could change how we describe certain elements.

The MicroBooNE experiment demonstrates the use of machine learning to interpret images made by a liquid-argon particle detector.

Mercury is a toxic element that occurs naturally and as an anthropogenic pollutant in the environment. The neurotoxin monomethylmercury (MMHg) is a

Particle collisions at RHIC free quarks and gluons from their confinement within ordinary particles (e.g., protons and neutrons) so

In semi-overlapping gold-gold collisions at RHIC, more particles emerge from the “equator” than perpendicular to the collision

Astatine-211 is produced by alpha beam irradiation of bismuth target material. The University of Washington has one of only a few cyclotrons in the

Radium is a bone-seeking radioelement, due to its chemical similarity to calcium, the main component of hydroxyapatite, the bone mineral. Radium is

Quantum computers promise to solve “exponentially hard” problems, such as computing the structure of molecules, atoms, or atomic nuclei

Using the TRIUMF Neutral Atom Trap (TRINAT) facility, a collaboration from Texas A&M University, TRIUMF (Canada's national particle accelerator