{"id":242395,"date":"2026-08-08T02:23:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/laser-spectroscopy-helps-reveal-hidden-nuclear-properties-in-fermium"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:23:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:23:26","slug":"laser-spectroscopy-helps-reveal-hidden-nuclear-properties-in-fermium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/laser-spectroscopy-helps-reveal-hidden-nuclear-properties-in-fermium","title":{"rendered":"Laser spectroscopy helps reveal hidden nuclear properties in fermium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/laser-spectroscopy-helps-reveal-hidden-nuclear-properties-in-fermium.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, researchers have determined the shape of the actinide nucleus of fermium-255 and measured its structure with high precision and resolution.<\/p>\n<p>This breakthrough, published in <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/2813-b49x\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Physical Review Letters<\/i><\/a>, supports modern theoretical models and opens new possibilities for understanding the behavior of the heaviest atomic nuclei.<\/p>\n<p>Studying the shapes of atomic nuclei provides essential insights into their internal structure. In very heavy nuclides, nuclear shape is closely linked to their stability against spontaneous fission and is therefore a key factor in the search for longer-lived superheavy elements. Spontaneous fission arises from the strong repulsion between the many protons in heavy nuclei and ultimately limits the existence of elements beyond uranium (element 92).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, researchers have determined the shape of the actinide nucleus of fermium-255 and measured its structure with high precision and resolution. This breakthrough, published in Physical Review Letters, supports modern theoretical models and opens new possibilities for understanding the behavior of the heaviest atomic nuclei. Studying the shapes of atomic nuclei provides [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}