nuclear physics

CERN scientists create quark-gluon plasma with lightest nuclei ever

Physicists working at CERN have demonstrated that quark-gluon plasma — the primordial state of matter that filled the universe during its first millionth of a second — can be produced by smashing together nuclei far lighter than previously thought possible.…

Scientists find never-before-seen alloy in Hiroshima bomb debris

On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, scientists have revealed that the 1945 nuclear explosion created a material never before seen on Earth — a finding that reframes the catastrophic event as an unintended experiment in extreme…

Never-before-seen alloy forged by Hiroshima bomb found in beach sand

Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, scientists have identified a previously unknown metallic alloy created in the seconds following the detonation — a finding that underscores how nuclear explosions can forge complex, ordered materials rather than merely destroying…