Showing 7 results for Researcher: Steven D. Pain
February 18, 2026
2 MIN READ
Experiments conducted between 2002 and 2012 at ORNL studied 31 tin isotopes with varying numbers of neutrons to examine how neutrons affect nuclear stability and nuclear properties. The combined results contributed to identifying tin-132 as a doubly magic nucleus and improved theoretical models of nuclear structure.
May 23, 2023
7 MIN READ
Led by Kelly Chipps of ORNL, scientists working in the lab have produced a signature nuclear reaction that occurs on the surface of a neutron star gobbling mass from a companion star. Their achievement improves understanding of stellar processes generating diverse nuclear isotopes.
June 3, 2022
7 MIN READ
Two decades in the making, a new flagship facility for nuclear physics opened on May 2, and scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have a hand in 10 of its first 34 experiments.
December 11, 2020
6 MIN READ
A new study clears up a discrepancy regarding the biggest contributor of unwanted background signals in specialized detectors of neutrinos.
December 17, 2019
8 MIN READ
Ancient Greeks imagined that everything in the natural world came from their goddess Physis; her name is the source of the word physics.
November 1, 2018
1 MIN READ
Physicists turned to the “doubly magic” tin isotope Sn-132, colliding it with a target at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to assess its properties as it lost a neutron to become Sn-131.
April 21, 2016
5 MIN READ
Physicists studying stellar explosions, the origin of life and just about everything in between could gain light years in precision because of a system inspired by a team led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. As the sophistication of rad...