Tin, a material whose name is sometimes synonymous with "dull," has a secret side that's extraordinary, physicists say. Scientists have succeeded in creating a new type of tin atom with "magic" ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CERN’s strong evidence points to ‘heaviest doubly magic nucleus’ of tin-100 Researchers at CERN have made a significant ...

The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic nuclei—the center part of atoms, which make up all matter—were more stable ...

Researchers have performed an unprecedented nuclear reaction experiment that explores the unique properties of the "doubly magic" radioactive isotope of ¹³²Sn, or tin-132. The research is ...

Atomic nuclei have only two ingredients, protons and neutrons, but the relative number of these ingredients makes a radical difference in their properties. Certain configurations of protons and ...

Visualization of the evolution of the nuclear size and shape from indium and tin isotopes between the major nuclear shells at N=50 and N=82, where N is the number of neutrons in the nucleus. The ...

Researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one of which has been termed a "holy grail" of experimental nuclear physics. With help from newly developed ...

Newswise — With help from newly developed equipment designed and built at Michigan State University, MSU researchers have been able to make first-of-its-kind measurements of several rare nuclei, one ...