In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

Paralleling the idea of electron shells in atomic physics, in 1949 scientists proposed the nuclear shell model: protons and neutrons sit in distinct nuclear shells, and additional energy input can ...

Nuclear properties including size, mass, binding energy, electromagnetic moments, parity and statistics; nuclear shell model, collective structure, deformed shell model, radioactive decay law and the ...

The model successfully captures the unusual "double-humped" fragment mass distribution observed in mercury-180 and offers new insights into how nuclear shell effects influence fission dynamics ...

Shell game: why heavier atoms might get stable again Adding unnatural amounts of nucleons may create energy shells, stabilize heavy nuclei.

The world's fifth largest oil and gas producer in the world, Royal Dutch Shell, is looking to train the next generation of blockchain industry execs.

Sizewell C nuclear power station: Government to take 20% stake in £20bn next-generation scheme French power giant EDF is also to take a same-sized share in the delayed project, with ministers ...