Deep under a mountain in Italy, researchers continue to push the boundaries of science with an experiment that could rewrite ...

To understand nuclear decay equations. How to measure the activity of radioactive sources. Spontaneously means that the process of radioactive decay can not be speeded up or slowed down by physical ...

However, as the number of protons increases, more neutrons are needed to keep the nucleus stable. For example lead (lead-206) has 82 protons and has 124 neutrons. If the nucleus has too few neutrons, ...