Tag: Atom
Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons −...
Artemis Spyrou, Michigan State University and Sean Liddick, Michigan State University
The word magic is not often used in...
Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved...
Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University
Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms –...