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09.05.2016: One step closer to the development of an ultra-precise nuclear clock

Measuring time using oscillations of atomic nuclei might significantly improve precision beyond that of current atomic clocks. Physicists have now taken an important step toward this goal. ...

11.12.2015: Last known magic neutron number weakens in heavy elements

An international team of scientists has succeeded to create and detect extremely short-lived atomic nuclei of the element uranium. ...

01.12.2015: Special Issue on Superheavy Elements

The December 2015 issue of Nuclear Pyhsics A is a "special issue on superheavy elements" ...

01.11.2015: Helmholtz International Fellow Award for Professor David Hinde, ANU Canberra

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30.09.2015: Giersch-Excellence-Award 2015 for Paul Scharrer

Paul Scharrer, PhD student in the SHE Chemistry Research Section of the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) has been awarded "Giersch Excellence Award" ...

07.08.2015: Samples prepared at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz facilitate direct measurement of the mass difference of Ho-163 and Dy-163 to solve the Q-Value puzzle for the neutrino mass determination

Using samples of 163Ho that were prepared at the Institute for Nuclear Chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the atomic mass difference of 163Ho and 163Dy has been directly measured with the Penning-trap mass spectrometer SHIPTRAP at GSI Darmstadt by applying the novel phase-imaging ion-cyclotron-resonance technique. ...

09.04.2015: Measurement of the First Ionization Potential of Lawrencium, Element 103

Cover story of this week's issue of Nature ...

10.01.2015: Observation of Element 117 at GSI Among Top Ten Physics News Stories in 2014

The synthesis of element 117 at GSI belongs to the Top Ten Physics News Stories in 2014 published by American Physical Society (APS) ...

19.09.2014: Seaborgium Hexacarbonyl: First Carbonyl Complex of a Superheavy Element

Life is short for the heaviest elements. They emerge from high-energy nuclear collisions with scant time for detection before they break up into lighter atoms. Even et al. report that even a few seconds is long enough for carbon to bond to the 106th element, seaborgium ...

02.05.2014: Superheavy Element 117 Confirmed – On the Way to the "Island of Stability"

New findings mark important step towards the capability to observe long-lived superheavy nuclei ...