Blog of the Isotopes

All about nuclear physics - research, news and comment. The author is Prof Paul Stevenson - a researcher in nuclear physics in the UK. Sometimes the posts are a little tangential to nuclear physics.

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Gruppenbild mit Physiker

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The organisers of the meeting in Rome last week just sent through the group photos we had taken, so I thought I'd share them here for p...

Friday, 17 April 2026

RIP Günther Rosner

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I missed posting about this last month, but I have been reminded about the recent death of Günther Rosner as part of the chair's present...

Thursday, 16 April 2026

From the Enrico Fermi Research Centre

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I'm at a meeting at the CREF - Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi - in Rome. The building is inside a government compound shared with the Ita...

Friday, 27 February 2026

The Isomer League

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My University produced a press release yesterday highlighting three of my colleagues and their industry in discovering nuclear isomers. Is...

Friday, 6 February 2026

Fire at GSI/FAIR

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I got forwarded a press release from the GSI / FAIR facility in Germany describing a "major fire" which happened there yesterday....

Sunday, 1 February 2026

The latest funding upheaval

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The last week has seen the outcome of the recent UK government spending review trickle down through all the levels of the science funding st...

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Mathematics distracts from God

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I've just returned from the British Film Institute where I went with my brother to watch Eric Rohmer's 1969 film My Night at Maud...

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