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Scientists have succeeded in maintaining an "artificial sun" here on Earth for a whopping 17 minutes and 46 seconds.

Scientists have reached a significant milestone in nuclear physics with the direct observation of three distinct deformations ...

Mehen, 54, died Dec. 29 at his home in Chapel Hill. He is remembered as a "brilliant theoretical physicist" and a "great ...

During an interview later in life, he admitted losing contact with a younger brother, adding: "I'm afraid I don't have a great family ... as the birthplace of nuclear physics "Manchester then ...

That at least is the case with the strong nuclear force, one of four fundamental ... for which all three shared the 2004 Nobel prize in physics. Meantime, QCD remains a fiendishly difficult ...