Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number of protons equals the number of neutrons. For decades, these strange regions ...

A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but because a structure has ...

Where the electrons hang out: This image depicts the radium atom’s pear-shaped nucleus of protons and neutrons in the centre, surrounded by a cloud of electrons (yellow), and an electron (yellow ball ...

Flatpack solution: schematic of a Z-shaped graphene electrode sandwiched between two thin layers of boron nitride (green slabs). The ultracold atoms are represented by the red cloud. (Courtesy: K.