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

Discovery of 257Sg and its K-isomer reveals new insights into superheavy element fission and quantum stability mechanisms.

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

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

To elucidate the origin of this nontrivial isotope effect, the team conducted theoretical simulations using density functional theory (DFT), path-integral molecular dynamics (PIMD), and model ...

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

Isotope effects on mixed plasma-driven co-permeation found through CLF-1 RAFM steels Peer-Reviewed Publication. Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

To elucidate the origin of this nontrivial isotope effect, the team conducted theoretical simulations using density functional theory (DFT), path-integral molecular dynamics ...

The isotope is most easily produced from uranium-233 in weapons waste that has decayed for decades. A fraction of that material turns into thorium-229, which can be harvested for the actinium.