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

"With our current understanding of physics, this will never be possible," said Derek Haas, an associate professor and nuclear and radiation engineering researcher at the University of Texas at Austin.

Jamie Nagle: My current research is in the field of experimental high-energy heavy ion physics.The current theory of strong interactions (quantum chromodynamics QCD) predicts that nuclear matter at ...

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John S. Foster Jr., a physicist who helped develop the U.S. nuclear arsenal and shaped national security in the Johnson and Nixon administrations, ... and also telling a physics joke.

Christopher Nolan Actually Recreated A Nuclear Explosion For ‘Oppenheimer’ Without CGI, And The Jokes Are Flying Mike Redmond Contributing Writer Twitter December 12, 2022 ...

THE big joke about sustainable nuclear fusion is that it has always been 30 years away. Like any joke, it contains a kernel of truth. The dream of harnessing the reaction that powers the sun was ...

One of longest-running physics jokes is that, despite numerous promising breakthroughs, practical nuclear fusion will forever be 30 years away. Earlier this year, there was an exciting result in the ...

And I think it might actually work. A brief summary of this and other improbable physics fixes. Related Topics: Geoengineering climate change. Comment. Show comments Hide Comments. Log In with your ...

Whether you’re interested in nuclear physics, engineering, or history, this video provides a clear, detailed explanation of the world’s worst nuclear accident and the lessons learned from it.

For the first lecture in the Fall Physics Colloquium Series, Chuankun Zhang, a graduate student from the University of Colorado Boulder's physics department and a researcher at JILA, delivered an ...