Photo: Niels Bohr's research notes for his new atomic theory Rutherford's find came from a very strange experience. Everyone at that time imagined the atom as a "plum pudding." That is, it was roughly ...

In Christopher Nolan's hit biopic "Oppenheimer," real-life Danish physicist Niels Bohr is more than just a major character. As depicted by Shakespearean actor Kenneth Branagh, he is a living legend, ...

On the spectrum of hydrogen -- On the series spectra of the elements -- The structure of the atom and the physical and chemical properties of the elements https ...

Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

Until now, physicists thought that all heavy nuclei deformed from spheres are elongated in one direction like rugby balls ...