Known as “islands of inversion,” these odd regions are found among a sea of normal nuclei. Now, a new island may have been ...

For years, physicists have mapped the stability of atomic nuclei with remarkable confidence. The periodic table, with its ...

For many years, cesium atomic clocks have been reliably keeping time around the world. But the future belongs to even more ...

Scientists describe how forces in the atomic nucleus work to keep the atom stable. They then explain how researchers make new elements and discuss why large, man-made elements—those beyond atomic ...