An atom consists of a heavy center, called the nucleus, made of particles called protons and neutrons. An atom has lighter ...

Now, most of the atoms in the universe are the two simplest kinds: hydrogen, which has one proton, zero neutrons and one electron; and helium, which has two protons, two neutrons and two electrons.

According to Campain for Nuclear Disarmament (CNDUK), the heart of a nuclear explosion can reach numerous million degrees ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that Iran has already enriched a large amount of uranium up to 60%.

The world’s largest atom smasher has conducted its first-ever collisions between protons and oxygen ions, as part of an ...

Far lighter than other ions collided at the LHC, oxygen (and neon) could tell us about conditions in the early universe.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) gets a breath of fresh air as it collides beams of protons and oxygen ions for the very first ...