April 6, 2021
Hunting for Sterile Neutrinos with Quantum Sensors
new approach for measuring nuclear recoils in superconducting quantum sensors enables the first limits on sterile neutrinos from beryllium-7 decay.
April 1, 2021
Supercomputer Calculations May Give First Look at the Structure of Two-Faced Pions
Nuclear theorists put pen to paper and code to computer to detail this subatomic particle’s inner structure.
March 5, 2021
Researchers Overcome the Space between Protons and Neutrons to Study the Heart of Matter
Scientists conduct the first direct probes of the interactions between protons and neutrons inside nuclei.
March 5, 2021
Searching for Signs of ‘Glueballs’ in Proton-Proton Smashups
ists predict that gluons, the particles that bind quarks, also bind to one another, but they have never unambiguously observed globs of pure ‘glue.’
January 26, 2021
Stable Nickel-64 Nuclei Take Three Distinct Shapes
Scientists track down coexistence of multiple shapes in the Nickel-64 nucleus: a spherical ground state and elongated and flattened shapes.
January 26, 2021
Nuclear Physics from Rocks to Reactors
New measurements provide insights for geochronology and reactor design.
January 19, 2021
CUORE Experiment Advances Search for a Rare Nuclear Decay
Nuclear physicists narrow the search for a rare nuclear decay that can explain the origin of matter in the universe.