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Langevin approach developed by an international team of researchers, including members from Science Tokyo, accurately reproduces complex fission fragment distributions and kinetic energies in ...

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

A five-dimensional model has successfully predicted the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, offering new insights into ...

A new seaborgium isotope may unlock the path to discovering even shorter-lived superheavy nuclei through K-isomer states. An ...

Hahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission. Meitner was nominated in the physics category, but didn't win despite her crucial role in verifying and ...

Primary fission fragment mass yields across the chart of nuclides. Physical Review C , 2020; 101 (5) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.101.054607 Nicole Vassh, Matthew R. Mumpower, Gail C. McLaughlin, Trevor ...

Fission might protect Hahn and his laboratory during those tumultuous times. In 1944 it was announced that the Nobel Prize for Chemistry would be awarded to Hahn for the discovery of nuclear fission ...

Physics and Chemistry of Fission - 1969 (Vienna, 28 July - 1 Aug. 1969) × If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, ...

Lise Meitner developed the theory of nuclear fission, ... Meitner went on to be nominated 46 times for the Nobel in both physics and chemistry, but she never won. (To date, ...