A team led by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found a new method to separate right- ...

The discovery itself is simple and fundamental, but the applications stretch far and wide into astrophysics and quantum ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

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

Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

What happens when the smallest building blocks of matter refuse to play by the rules of traditional physics? For decades, ...