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, 30 September 2010

Nuclear archaeology

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Nuclear Physics can help in the world of archaelogy, helping to understand artefacts created long before humankind knew anything about atomi...

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

NIF video

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To follow up the previous post about the NIF, I notice in a tweet from @lasers_llnl that they have a pretty cool-looking 3D movie of the ...

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Tuesday, 17 August 2010

The Conference Excursion

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I'm back from California now, and enjoyed the Nuclear Structure 2010 conference. I'll probably blog about more of the talks - I par...

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Superheavy in Berkeley

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I'm in Berkeley, California, attending the Nuclear Structure 2010 conference. There have been a few talks on superheavy elements (roug...

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

²²⁹Th

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Thorium-229 is one of my favourite isotopes. With the lowest-energy first excited state of any known nucleus, it's the isotope of choic...

Saturday, 12 June 2010

IoP Schools Lectures

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I've been shortlisted as a possible Schools Lecturer for the Institute of Physics next year. My pitch is about applications of nuclear ...

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Understanding the triple-alpha process

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All nuclei heavier than lithium (atomic number 3) are made in stars. It's only pretty recently we've understood that and the confir...

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