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Breakthrough Study Challenges Long-held Beliefs About the Shape of Atomic Nuclei
February 22, 2025
GUILFORD, England, Feb. 22 -- The University of Surrey issued the following news release:

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Breakthrough study challenges long-held beliefs about the shape of atomic nuclei

An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical. The discovery challenges fundamental assumptions about nuclear structure and has fa . . .

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