Nuclear physics research is focused on understanding the matter composed of quarks and gluons, which makes up 99% of the mass of the universe. Most of this matter is found at the core of atoms, the ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear ...

Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example ...

For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments.