Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years ...

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Americium is one of the lesser-known synthetic elements, first created in 1944 during the Manhattan Project. The isotope of interest for space is americium-241. Its half-life is a staggering 432 years ...