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Nuclear isomers were discovered 100 years ago, and physicists are still unraveling their mysteries

  • Written by Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University
imageProtons and neutrons in an atom's nucleus can be arranged in different configurations, creating nuclear isomers. KTSdesign/SciencePhotoLibrary via Getty Images

Nobel laureate Otto Hahn is credited with the discovery of nuclear fission. Fission is one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century, yet Hahn considered something else to be his...

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