This process, used in nuclear physics to synthesize artificial superheavy nuclei, seems at first glance as simple as it is brutal: take a heavy nucleus (here plutonium-244) and bombard it with lighter ...

Researchers from Kyushu University, Japan have revealed how a special type of force within an atom's nucleus, known as the three-nucleon force, impacts nuclear stability. The study, published in ...

A fusion process that produces nuclei lighter than iron-56 or nickel-62 will generally release energy. These elements have relatively small mass per nucleon and large binding energy per nucleon.