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Researchers from Vienna University of Technology, under the direction of Professor Thorsten Schumm and a team from the National Metrology Institute Braunschweig (PTB), have successfully manipulated atomic nuclei with lasers for the first time.
Atomic bombs work via nuclear fission. When enough radioactive material undergoes fission, it triggers a chain reaction, causing a massive explosion.
The FRIB creates isotopes of elements typically unseen on Earth. It's helping health care, defense, and understanding of atoms and the universe.
MIT researchers find that when measuring a nucleus with a certain “magic” number of neutrons — 82 — the magnetic field of the nucleus exhibits a drastic change, and the properties of these very complex nuclei appear to be governed by just one of the protons of the nucleus.