atom

An international team of researchers has discovered a new configuration of nuclear particles that decays by kicking out individual protons.With 85 protons and just 103 neutrons, the atomic nucleus is both the heaviest known to break…

It was two years ago that the Oscar-winning blockbuster 'Oppenheimer' sent the message that it was the Americans, or rather one American in particular, who was responsible for the atomic explosion that brought the Second World War to an…