Nuclear fission – the physical process by which very large atoms like uranium split into pairs of smaller atoms – is what ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear ...

After all, as particle physicist Dr Harry Cliff put it, even the term "splitting the atom" is "problematic". Atoms are the building blocks of all matter and are made up of a nucleus and a number ...

Nuclear power plants harness the energy of countless atoms of uranium splitting apart, or fissioning, in a chain reaction. Heavy water can help keep such a chain reaction going. As each uranium ...

He's split in two… He’s always doing that. To understand why, you’ve got to think about what we’re all made from – atoms. Every atom contains a lot of energy. And there are certain kinds ...

Experiments using muonic atoms have been hindered by uncertainty over how nuclear polarisation affects hyperfine structure, which is a small energy splitting within atoms. Nuclear polarisation ...