The first-ever computation of an atomic nucleus, the deuteron, on a quantum chip demonstrates that even today’s rudimentary quantum computers can solve nuclear physics questions.
Using the TRIUMF Neutral Atom Trap (TRINAT) facility, a collaboration from Texas A&M University, TRIUMF (Canada's national particle accelerator
New Tech Uses Isomeric Beams to Study How and Where the Galaxy Makes One of Its Most Common Elements
Satellites equipped with gamma-ray telescopes have proven to be powerful tools for finding evidence that elements are continually being produced in
When RHIC physicists first collided spin-aligned protons with much larger gold nuclei in 2015, they expected to see neutrons emerging along the
The primary component of the MicroBooNE detector is the TPC—a large, rectangular structure that includes a set of wire planes and readout
The trace element selenium is part of the 21st naturally occurring amino acid in the genetic code and a micronutrient of interest in the life
The researchers’ new measurements provided the first beam-spin asymmetry data on exclusive DVCS from helium-4 using a highly polarized
Many questions about the fundamental nature of neutrinos remain open, including whether or not a neutrino is its own antiparticle. If so,
The Nuclear Physics with Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics Collaboration (NPLQCD), under the umbrella of the U.S. Quantum Chromodynamics Collaboration
GW170817 was the first gravitational wave detection involving objects with masses typical of neutron stars. Gamma-rays from it were observed by the