GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt has achieved a world-leading position in the discovery of nuclear isomers, with 192 identified to date according to a new statistical ...

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics attempts ...