Radioactive decay produces three flavors of emissions: alpha, beta, and gamma. Alpha particles comprise 2 neutrons and 2 protons. Because of their large mass and relatively slow speed, ...

To understand the importance of neutrinoless double-beta decay, we have to go back more than a century, to the late 1800s, ... which he called alpha, beta and gamma (because why not).

Alpha, beta, gamma, delta: How variants of the COVID-19 virus continue to evolve. By Leah Boyd. Updated July 21, 2021 7:22 PM. The delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has ...

New beta-decay measurements in mirror nuclei pin down the weak nuclear force Scientists develop a new method to characterize the properties of one of the four fundamental forces of nature ...