Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was ...

The aim is to explore the limits of stability of atomic nuclei. In a study involving Lund University, Sweden, researchers have tested a new method for observing the element livermorium, which has ...

Astrophysicists at the University of Colorado's JILA, National Institute of Science and Technology, have conducted an ...

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

Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (commonly referred to AMO Physics) is the study of the interaction between light and matter. Physicists study this interaction on various scales, from the atomic ...

Get hands-on with KS3 science investigations in Atomic Labs. Experiment and put your science skills to the test using Bunsen burners, test tubes and much more. There are twelve experiments to be ...

Devised in 1935 by the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, this thought experiment was designed to shine a spotlight on the difficulty with interpreting quantum theory. Quantum theory is very ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. A team at the UQ School of Mathematics and Physics has ...

Two experiment collaborations, the g2p and EG4 collaborations, combined their complementary data on the proton's inner ...