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.

Monday, 29 June 2026

RIP Penelope Keith (1940 - 2026)

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It has made the front page of the BBC News today that Dame Penelope Keith has died. While her fame came from her acting career, her (slight...

Thursday, 25 June 2026

Thanks, readers, for making me rich

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Some years ago, I think I flicked a switch on this Google/Blogger hosted blog to allow adverts. I would, in principle, see some cut of the...

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

STFC & Quantum Technologies

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Following the funding agency STFC's Quantum Technologies for Fundamental Physics series of grants and subsequent research, all princip...

Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Welcome to some new isotopes!

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Just a quick one to paste verbatim the message from Michael Thoennessen from Michigan State University. He heads up a project which tracks ...

Saturday, 6 June 2026

Mixed updates

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A few updates: 1. The BBC got in touch last week to ask if I'd look at a press release and embargoed preprint on quantum computing to g...

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...

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