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 ...

University of Queensland scientists have cracked a long-standing puzzle in nuclear physics, showing that nuclear polarization ...

What exactly would a Lizard Professor be? A lizard who happens to be a professor, or a professor specializing in the study of lizards? One day I’d like to know, but for now I’m just content to be ...

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

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 ...

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 ...