(photo: “Using high-resolution laser spectroscopy, the researchers were able to observe, for example, the Bohr–Weisskopf effect, where the molecule’s energy levels shift slightly due to the internal magnetic structure of the nucleus.”. Credit University of Jyväskylä) Scientists at CERN’s ISOLDE facility have, for the first time, observed how magnetism is distributed within an atomic nucleus...Continue reading→

(photo: University of Helsinki with AI-enhanced background) University of Helsinki researcher Risto Paatelainen, based at Kumpula Campus Physicum and contributing to our Phases of Strongly Interacting Matter Theory Programme, has received a prestigious €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant to advance theoretical understanding of matter under extreme densities, including quark matter in neutron stars. This significant...Continue reading→

(photo: “Staff scientist Mikael Reponen from the University of Jyväskylä has participated in the research”. Credit University of Jyväskylä) “Researchers at the ISOLDE facility at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have developed a measurement method based on a combination of an electrostatic trap and lasers, which may help to determine the chemical properties...Continue reading→