The Standard Model of Particle Physics is scientists' best understanding of the forces that describe how subatomic particles interact. The Standard Model encompasses four forces: the strong nuclear ...
An international collaboration including scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) solved a 50-year-old puzzle that explains why beta decays of atomic ...
Radioactive elements are unstable atoms that decay until they become stable. As they decay, they release energy in the form of radiation, and become different elements. A radioactive decay chain shows ...