Many heavy atoms form from a supernova explosion, the remnants of which are shown in this image. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage ...

Researchers have created a molecule that can store magnetic data at record-high temperatures, potentially reshaping how digital information is archived. The molecule, based on the rare earth element ...

Carbon, one of the most abundant elements in the universe, constitutes many key components of life and technology. Because of this, the material is ...

The precursors of heavy elements might arise in the plasma underbellies of swollen stars or in smoldering stellar corpses.

An international team of researchers, led by scientists from GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt, Germany, has studied r-process ...

A team of scientists across several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has unraveled how light and a ...

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...