The origin of magic numbers: Why some atomic nuclei are unusually stable

For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based ...
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Niels Bohr and the quantum atom : the Bohr model of atomic structure, 1913-1925 / Helge Kragh

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. This comprehensive scientific history presents for the first time a detailed and comprehensive study of the Bohr atom in all its ...
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Professor Yu Zou and Mingqiang Li (IMAGE)

University of Toronto Engineering Professor Yu Zou and PhD candidate Mingqiang Li hold an atomic structure model of a crystal whose defects change material properties. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
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Pushing the limit of the periodic table with superheavy elements

Scientists from Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Mainz in Germany, Sorbonne University in France, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) discuss the limit of the periodic ...
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First look into the electrostatic landscape of a moiré unit cell

The study introduces an atomic single electron transistor that maps the electrostatic potential in a moiré unit cell, ...