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Nuclear Physics
Nuclear Physics: the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example nuclear reactions include radioactive decay, fission, the break-up of a nucleus, and fusion, the merging of nuclei. Discoveries in nuclear physics have led to applications in many fields. This includes nuclear power, nuclear weapons, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging, industrial and agricultural isotopes, ion implantation in materials engineering, and radiocarbon dating in geology and archaeology.
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OCT 03, 2015Earth & The Environment
There has been a lot of work done by researchers in the past few decades on creating a working fusion reactor, but the b ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 17, 2015Chemistry & Physics
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
A ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 15, 2015Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 09, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The world's most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, which provides a window into the universe just millis ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 26, 2014Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins ...MAR 07, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Residents of Western Canada are not quite sure how to welcome the latest Japanese import to reach their shores - radioac ...FEB 17, 2014Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O ...
OCT 03, 2015
Earth & The Environment
There has been a lot of work done by researchers in the past few decades on creating a working fusion reactor, but the b
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 17, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
A ...
A ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 15, 2015
Space & Astronomy
When we think of going to Mars using a spacecraft with nuclear fusion engines, most of us think of science fiction, but
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 09, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
The world's most powerful atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, which provides a window into the universe just millis
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have documented and taken images of a smaller space explosion that c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
On February 13, 2013 a meteor exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia. Glowing 30 times brighter than the sun, the 500 kiloton
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 26, 2014
Space & Astronomy
In order to understand the star that produced a supernova that was discovered last year, researchers at the Weizmann Ins
...
MAR 07, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Residents of Western Canada are not quite sure how to welcome the latest Japanese import to reach their shores - radioac
...
FEB 17, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O
...