Different atoms and ions possess characteristic energy levels. Like a fingerprint, they are unique for each species. Among ...

Measuring the size of an atomic nucleus is anything but straightforward. Now, researchers in Germany have achieved the most precise measurement yet of the carbon-13 nucleus, using laser ...

In hypernuclear experiments, scientists are looking at those instances in which an electron strikes a proton with enough energy to transform it into two new particles: a kaon and a lambda hyperon. The ...

Technical University of Braunschweig, and the University of Delaware achieved new insight into the inner structure of the ...