Sentence examples for a nucleus of light from inspiring English sources

Ordinary nitrogen, 14N, is stable, but when it captures a proton to form a nucleus of light oxygen-15, 15O, the resulting nucleus is unstable against beta decay.

"I am not sure that seeing any UV light from a nucleus of a galaxy actually tells us that there is a black hole in the center," he says.

Although the group affects to have no hierarchy, operating in what it calls "organised chaos", documents have come to light that suggest a nucleus of decision-makers decides which sites to target.

The Middle East, including Iraq, is a nucleus of terrorism.

A truly great university is a nucleus of artistic expression.

For example, awakening begins with lasers that give life to nucleus of light-energy that then begins illuminating the buildings participating in the show.

An experimental physicist, he worked to puzzle out what cosmic rays are made of -- primarily protons, electrons and the nuclei of light atoms -- and to unlock the many mysteries those rays hold to this day.

In fusion, the nuclei of light elements such as hydrogen fuse together to make heavier elements.

Next, a proton collides with the deuteron to form the nucleus of a light helium atom of atomic weight 3, 3He.

Spontaneous fission, type of radioactive decay in which certain unstable nuclei of heavier elements split into two nearly equal fragments (nuclei of lighter elements) and liberate a large amount of energy.

Several radioactive isotopes have been synthesized in the laboratory, either by fusion of the nuclei of lighter elements or as intermediate decay products of heavier elements.