Physicists Stunned: Lead-208’s Shape Just Broke a Fundamental Rule of Nuclear Physics
For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.
Molecular 3D structure of viral 'copying machine' deciphered
Researchers have shown, for the first time, how the genetic material of the Nipah virus replicates in infected cells. The ...
Only a Few Grams of This Element Exist—and Scientists Have Used It to Break the Rules of the Periodic Table
More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the ...
Scientists discover new heavy-metal molecule 'berkelocene'
A research team led by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has discovered ...
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Scientists turn light into a 'supersolid' for the 1st time ever: What that means, and why it matters
For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both solid and liquid at the same time. Here’s what that means, and why it's such ...