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How Many Neutrons and Protons Can Get Along? Maybe 7,000
By Clara Moskowitz published
Physicists have estimated a limit for the number of different atomic nuclei variations that can be created.

Winner of Alan Alda's 'Flame Challenge' Draws on Animation and Song
By Wynne Parry published
A video explains the origin of a flame in terms meant for an 11-year-old.

Cosmic Quirk of Physics Now Discovered in a Molecule
By Clara Moskowitz published
The same phenomenon causing a siren to change pitch as it drives by has now been shown in a single molecule.

Invention Traps Mysterious Antimatter
By Live Science Staff published
The trouble with studying antimatter is keeping it around.

Atom Smasher Makes Little Big Bangs
By Clara Moskowitz published
The world's largest particle accelerator has begun to create mini Big Bangs in the lab by smashing lead ions together.

Spooky Quantum Entanglement Disturbed
By Clara Moskowitz published
Scientists probe a freaky consequence of quantum mechanics: entanglement

Proton is Smaller Than Thought, New Measurement Finds
By Clara Moskowitz published
The proton, one of the most well-known and basic building blocks of matter, turns out to be holding on to a few secrets.

First Image Made of an Atom Spinning
By Clara Moskowitz published
Physicists have discovered a way to play with matter on a subatomic scale, reaching into atoms to manipulate the spin of electrons.
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