In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei. Recognizing these numbers helps scientists better understand the structure ...
Foreign critics screamed that the U.S. high-altitude nuclear test of July 9 would destroy the natural radiation belt that girdles the earth. An impressive group of U.S. scientists including Professor ...
Aliyah Welker ’22 had never heard of health physics when she started at UMass Lowell. Neither had Cassia Fontes ’22, ’23. Yet the two former classmates, who chose the radiological health physics ...
Idaho National Laboratory held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Sample Preparation Laboratory Sept 4. The facility will enable building materials to be tested in a radioactive environment, ...
An accidental discovery in 1896 by Henri Becquerel, involving fogged photographic plates exposed to uranium salts, unveiled ...
Radioactivity is defined as the release of energy by means of radiation in atoms. It was first discovered in the year 1896 by Henri Becquerel, who carried out further experiments in conjunction with ...
“The future is renewable energy.” So proclaimed this much-repeated prediction, which became embedded in my mind, whether through schoolwide water conservation presentations or fourth grade renewable ...
At an age when most teenagers are focused on schoolwork and video games, Taylor Wilson was attempting something that even ...