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2026

1. Offline commissioning of the St. Benedict gas catcher
   F. Rivero, D. Guillet, M. Brodeur, J.A. Clark, A.M. Houff, J.J. Kolata, B. Liu, J. McRae, P.D. O'Malley, W.S. Porter, C. Quick, G. Savard, A.A. Valverde, R. Zite
   Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1092, 171771 (December 2026) (see highlight)
2. Combustion-assisted ink-jet printing of nuclear targets
   N. Cabanas, V. Williams, K. Bauer, K.V. Manukyan, P.C. Burns, and A. Aprahamian
   Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1090, 171609 (October 2026)
3. Off-line commissioning of the St. Benedict radio frequency quadrupole ion guide
   R. Zite, M. Brodeur, O. Bruce, D. Gan, P.D. O'Malley, W.S. Porter, and F. Rivero
   Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1088, 171483 (August 2026)
4. Study of Key ⁵⁷Ni(p,γ)⁵⁸Cu Resonances to Understand ⁴⁴Ti Nucleosynthesis in Supernovae
   S.R. Carmichael, D.W. Bardayan, S.D. Pain, A. Ratkiewicz, P.D. O’Malley, J. Allen, T.L. Bailey, C. Boomershine, M. Brodeur, C.M. Campbell, M.P. Carpenter, K.A. Chipps, J.A. Cizewski, S. Coil, P.A. Copp, C. Dembski, J. Forson, H.I. Garland, R. Ghimire, T. Gore, C.R. Jones, K.L. Jones, J. Koros, J. Kovoor, K. Lee, P.L.D. Magro, J. McDonaugh, G. Mulcahy, C. Müller-Gatermann, W.S. Porter, F. Rivero, D. Robertson, J. Rufino, A.T. Sanchez, D. Seweryniak, M. Siciliano, H. Sims, E. Stech, R. Surman, C.C. Ummel, W.W. von Seeger, G. Wilson, S. Zhu, and R. Zite
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 052702 (July 2026) (see highlight)
5. Single-Nucleon Transfer on Unstable ⁵⁹Cu Probes the NiCu Cycle in Astrophysical X-Ray Bursts
   C. O’Shea, G. Lotay, A. Gade, D.T. Doherty, H. Schatz, J.S. Randhawa, B.A. Brown, D. Weisshaar, J. Pereira, S.A. Gillespie, D.W. Bardayan, S. Byrne, L. Canete, W.N. Catford, G. Cerizza, A. Chester, J. Chung-Jung, C. Cousins, S. Coil, H.L. Crawford, S. Giraud, E. Good, G. Grauvogel, I. Harca, J. Heery, A. Hill, R. Jain, C. Maher, F. Montes, C. Müller-Gatermann, S. Noji, N.D. Pathirana, T. Parry, C. Paxman, A.M. Rogers, A. Sebastian, I. Sultana, J.A. Swartz, A. Tsantiri, S. Uthayakumaar, and R.G.T. Zegers
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 137, 022701 (July 2026)
6. β-delayed proton pandemonium: A first detailed ³¹Cl(βρϒ)³⁰P decay scheme
   T. Budner, M. Friedman, L.J. Sun, C. Wrede, B.A. Brown, D. Pérez-Loureiro, J. Surbrook, A. Adams, Y. Ayyad, D.W. Bardayan, K. Chae, A.A. Chen, K.A. Chipps, M. Cortesi, B. Glassman, M.R. Hall, M. Janasik, J. Liang, P. O'Malley, E. Pollacco, A. Psaltis, J. Stomps, and T. Wheeler
   Phys. Rev. C 114, 014320 (July 2026)
7. Constraining the ⁸⁵Rb branching point in the astrophysical γ process
   K. Bosmpotinis, A. Spyrou, A. Tsantiri, H.C. Berg, P.A. DeYoung, A.C. Dombos, P. Giuliani, S.N. Liddick, S.M. Lyons, P. Mohr, O. Olivas-Gomez, A. Palmisano-Kyle, J. Pereira, A.L. Richard, A. Simon, and R.G.T. Zegers
   Phys. Rev. C 114, 015801 (July 2026)
8. Magnetic character of the low-energy enhancement in ⁷⁰Zn
   E.K. Ronning, A.L. Richard, S.N. Liddick, A. Spyrou, R. Ringle, H. Arora, H.C. Berg, J.M. Berkman, D.L. Bleuel, K. Bosmpotinis, S.E. Campbell, X. Chen, B.P. Crider, R.J. Coleman, P.A. DeYoung, A.A. Doetsch, H. Erington, T. Gaballah, N. D. Gamage, E.C. Good, B. Greaves, A.C. Hartley, J. Huffman, C.M. Ireland, C. Izzo, R. Jain, A.C. Larsen, J.E.L. Larsson, R.S. Lubna, F.M. Maier, M.J. Mogannam, D. Mücher, M.R. Mumpower, G. Owens-Fryar, T.H. Ogunbeku, D.P. Scriven, M.K. Smith, C.S. Sumithrarachchi, A. Sweet, K. Taft, A. Tsantiri, S. Uthayakumaar, and M. Wiedeking
   Nature, 655, 875-878 (July 2026)
9. Exploration for astromers near ¹³²Sn with the Canadian Penning Trap
   A.A. Valverde, S. Cupp, A. Gross, B. Liu, M.R. Mumpower, G.W. Misch, W.S. Porter, D. Ray, M. Brodeur, D.P. Burdette, N. Callahan, A. Cannon, J.A. Clark, A.T. Gallant, D.E.M. Hoff, A.M. Houff, K. Kolos, F.G. Kondev, O.S. Kubiniec, A. LaLiberte, G.E. Morgan, R. Orford, C. Quick, F. Rivero, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, G. Savard, N.D. Scielzo, K.S. Sharma, and L. Varriano
   Phys. Rev. C 113, 065803 (June 2026)
10. Decoding γ-ray signatures from core-collapse supernovae: First experimental constraints on the ²⁸Al(p,α)²⁵Mg reaction rate
    M. Abubakar, J.S. Randhawa, S.R. Carmichael, P.D. O'Malley, D.W. Bardayan, J.J. Kolata, R. Longland, C. Dembski, W.S. Porter, W.W. von Seeger, M. Sorensen, T. Psaltis, R. Zite, and M.A. Zubair
    Phys. Rev. C 113, L062802 (June 2026) (see highlight)
11. First measurement of the ²⁰Ne(α,p)²³Na reaction at energies relevant for type Ia supernovae
    C. Boomershine, D.W. Bardayan, R.J. deBoer, P.D.O'Malley, S.R. Carmichael, L. Caves, A. Davis, A. Gula, K. Howard, R. Kelmar, A. Mitchell, L. Morales, S. Moylan, D. Robertson, and E. Stech
    Phys. Rec. C 113, 065804 (June 2026) (see highlight)
12. Multiple valence-space and core-excited band terminations in Ho and Er isotopes
    E.S. Paul, J. Simpson, M.A. Riley, J.S. Baron, P.J.T. Hampson, X. Wang, , A. Aguilar, D.E. Appelbe, A.D. Ayangeakaa, A.J. Boston, H.C. Boston, D.B. Campbell, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, R.M. Clark, M. Cromaz, I.G. Darby, A.O. Evans, P. Fallon, U. Garg, A. Görgen, D.J. Hartley, C.R. Hoffman, R.V.F. Janssens, D.T. Joss, D.S. Judson, F.G. Kondev, K. Lagergren, T. Lauritsen, I. Y. Lee, J.T. Matta, S.L. Miller, M. Mustafa, P.J. Nolan, J. Ollier, M. Petri, A. Pipidis, D.C. Radford, J.M. Rees, J.P. Revill1, L.L. Riedinger, J.F. Sharpey-Schafer, C.M. Sullivan, C. Teal, J. Thomson, P.J. Twin, C. Unsworth, D. Ward, S. Zhu, J. Gellanki, and I. Ragnarsson
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 064332 (June 2026)
13. First measurement of B(E3;3₁‾ → 0₁⁺) in ⁹⁰Zr through Coulomb excitation: Revisiting octupole collectivity in the Zr chain
    P. Dey, A. Kundu, R. Palit, P.J. Napiorkowski, K. Yanase, N. Shimizu, Y. Utsuno, T. Inakura, E. Ideguchi, U. Garg, M. Kumar Raju, Vishal Malik, V. Nanal, S. Pal, A. Sindhu, S. Thorat
    Phys. Lett. B 879, 140670 (June 2026)
14. Constraining the astrophysical i process: The ⁸⁷Kr(n,γ)⁸⁸Kr reaction rate
    S. Uthayakumaar, A. Spyrou, C. Harris, P.A. Denissenkov, D. Mücher, H.C. Berg, J.A. Clark, P.A. DeYoung, A.C. Dombos, B. Greaves, M. Guttormsen, F. Herwig, A.C. Larsen, S.N. Liddick, S. Lyons, J. Owens-Fryar, A. Palmisano-Kyle, G. Perdikakis, A.L. Richard, D. Santiago-Gonzalez, G. Savard, S. Siem, M.K. Smith, W.W. von Seeger, and M. Wiedeking
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 065801 (June 2026)
15. Quantum Choreography of the Nucleus: Rotations, Vibrations, and Emergent Structure
    A. Aprahamian, K. Lee, S. Lesher, and R. Bijker
    Symmetry, 18, 812 (May 2026)
16. Lifetimes of negative parity states in ¹⁶²Dy
    A. Aprahamian, S.R. Lesher, C. Casarella, K. Lee, B.P. Crider, M. Lowe, M.M. Meier, E.E. Peters, F.M. Prados-Estévez, T.J. Ross and S.W. Yates
    Eur. Phys. J. A 62:70 (April 2026)
17. Proton induced reactions on ¹¹⁸Sn target at energies up to 18 MeV
    G.H. Hovhannisyan, N.S. Gharibyan, T.M. Bakhshiyan, A.R. Balabekyan, S.V. Gaginyan, G.V. Martirosyan, A. Manukyan, R.K. Dallakyan, and A. Aprahamian
    Eur. Phys. J. A 62:81 (April 2026)
18. Off-line commissioning of the St. Benedict radiofrequency quadrupole cooler-buncher
    D.P. Burdette, R. Zite, M. Brodeur, A.A. Valverde, O. Bruce, R. Bualuan, A. Cannon, J.A. Clark, C. Davis, T. Florenzo, A.T. Gallant, J. Harkin, A.M. Houff, J. Li, J. Long, P.D. O'Malley, C. Quick, R. Ringle, F. Rivero, G. Savard, and A. Yeck
    Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1084, 171187 (April 2026)
19. Effects of He-Ion Radiation on Solid-State Uranyl Nitrate Compounds under Dry and Hydrated Atmospheric Conditions
    S.J. Kruse, M. Nguyen, J.A. LaVerne, and T.Z. Forbes
    Inorg. Chem. 6C00351 (April 2026)
20. Picosecond precision heavy-ion detector for Λ hypernuclei lifetime studies
    S. Zhamkochyan, S. Abrahamyan, A. Margaryan, H. Elbakyan, A. Kakoyan, S. Mayilyan, A. Papyan, H. Rostomyan, A. Safaryan, G. Sughyan, N. Margaryan, G. Ayvazyan, J. Annand, K. Livingston, R. Montgomery, P. Achenbach, J. Pochodzalla, D.L. Balabanski, S.N. Nakamura, A. Aprahamian, and V. Kakoyan
    JINST 21, P03046 (March 2026)
21. Quasi-elastic scattering for the nuclear ground state structure: An intriguing case of ³⁰Si
    Y.K. Gupta, B. Maheshwari, G.K. Prajapati, A.K. Jain, K. Hagino, B.N. Joshi, A. Pal, N. Sirswal, P. Singh, S. Dubey, V.V. Desai, V. Ranga, V.B. Katariya, D. Patel, H. Vyas, S. Panwar, B.V. John, I. Mazumdar, B.K. Nayak, and U. Garg
    Phys. Lett. B 874, 140239 (March 2026)
22. Low-energy measurement of the 25Mg(𝛼,𝑛)28Si reaction via neutron spectroscopy
    Shahina, K.T. Macon, A. Boeltzig, R.J. deBoer, M. Febbraro, S. Aguilar, T. Anderson, U. Bajpai, S.P. Burcher, Y. Chen, A. Clark, A. Dombos, C. Dulal, B. Frentz, O. Gomez, J. Görres, A. Gula, S.L. Henderson, K. Howard, K.L. Jones, J. Kelly, R. Kelmar, J.M. Kovoor, Q. Liu, A. Majumdar, K. Manukyan, L. Morales, S. Mosby, S. Moylan, A. Nelson, S.D. Pain, P. Scholz, C. Reingold, M. Renaud, N. Sensharma, C. Seymour, G. Seymour, E. Stech, W. Tan, R. Toomey, B. Vande Kolk, J. Wilkinson, and M. Wiescher
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 035802 (March 2026) (see highlight)
23. Nonmonotonic-potential description of polarization effects, fusion, and nuclear rainbows in elastic scattering of ⁶Li+¹²C at 4.5-600Mev
    M. Sujan Islam, M. Shariful Islam, M. Rubel Alamin, M. Freer, A.C. Merchant, M.C. Wiescher, I.J. Thompson, M. Shamsuzzoha Basunia, K.W. Kemper, A.S.B. Tariq, M.A. Uddin, and A.K. Basak
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 034623 (March 2026)
24. Direct Measurement of ⁵⁹Cu(p,α)⁵⁶Ni Precludes a Strong NiCu Cycle in Type-I X-Ray Bursts
    N. Bhathi, J.S. Randhawa, R. Kanungo, J. Refsgaard, M. Alcorta, T. Ahn, C. Andreoiu, D. Bardayan, S.S. Bhattacharjee, B. Davids, G. Christian, A.A. Chen, R. Coleman, P.E. Garrett, G.F. Grinyer, E. Gyabeng Fuakye, G. Hackman, R. Jain, K. Kapoor, R. Krücken, A. Laffoley, A. Lennarz2, J. Liang, Z. Meisel, A. Psaltis, A. Radich, M. Rocchini, J.S. Rojo, N. Saei, M. Saxena, M. Singh, C.E. Svensson, P. Subramaniam, A. Talebitaher, S. Upadhyayula, C. Waterfield, J. Williams, M. Williams, and M.A. Zubair
    ApJ 999, 8 (February 2026)
25. Irradiation Driven Destructuring of Nanocrystalline ThO₂ and Th_1-xU_xO₂ Thin Films
    N. Cabanas, K.V. Manukyan, D. Robertson, C.R. Jones, V. Picciotto, A. Zhou, L. Zimmer, A.T. Sheardy, P.C. Burns, and A. Aprahamian
    ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 18, 9645−9654 (February 2026)
26. Mass of ¹⁰¹Sn and Bayesian extrapolations to the proton drip line
    C.M. Ireland, G. Bollen, S. E. Campbell, X. Chen, H. Erington, N. D. Gamage, K. Godbey, A.M. Houff, C. Izzo, B. Knight, S. Lalit, E. Leistenschneider, E.M. Lykiardopoulou, F.M. Maier, W. Nazarewicz, R. Orford, W.S. Porter, C. Quick, A. Ravlic´, M. Redshaw, P.-G. Reinhard, R. Ringle, S. Schwarz, C.S. Sumithrarachchi, A.A. Valverde, and A.C.C. Villari
    Phys. Rev. C 113, L021302 (February 2026)
27. First experimental determination of the ⁴⁰Ar(n, 2n)³⁹Ar reaction cross section and ³⁹Ar production in Earth's atmosphere
    S. Bhattacharya, M. Paul, R.N. Sahoo, R. Purtschert, H.F.R. Hoffmann, M. Pichotta, K. Zuber, D. Bemmerer, T. Döring, R. Schwengner, M.L. Avila, E. Lopez-Saavedra, J.C. Dickerson, C. Fougères, J. McLain, R.C. Pardo, K.E. Rehm, R. Scott, I. Tolstukhin, R. Vondrasek, T. Bailey, L. Callahan, A.M. Clark, P. Collon, Y. Kashiv, A. Nelson, D. Robertson, D. Neto, C. Ugalde, M. Tessler, and S. Vaintraub
    Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 415, 196-203 (February 2026)
28. The particle identification detection system of the St. George recoil separator
    L. Morales, S. Kalkal, J. Hinnefeld, G.P.A. Berg, S. Broadwater, S. Child, A.C. Dombos, L. Earnest, R. Fang, A. Garcia-Simental, J. Henning, S. Hudan, H.S. Jung, J. Laurence Jr., S. Moylan, A.T. Sanchez, C. Seymour, G. Seymour, N. Smith, R.T. deSouza, E.Stech, E. Thornton, I. Valdes, M. Wiescher, and M. Couder
    Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 1082 Part 1, 170925 (February 2026)
29. Evolution of chirality from transverse wobbling in ¹³⁵Pr
    N. Sensharma, U. Garg, Q.B. Chen, S. Frauendorf, S. Zhu, J. Arroyo, A.D. Ayangeakaa, D.P. Burdette, M.P. Carpenter, P. Copp, J.L. Cozzi, S.S. Ghugre, D.J. Hartley, K.B. Howard, R.V.F. Janssens, F.G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, J. Li, R. Palit, A. Saracino, D. Seweryniak, S. Weyhmiller, and J. Wu
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 024313 (February 2026)
30. Measurement of the ⁹²Mo(𝑝,𝛾)⁹³Tc reaction cross section for the 𝛾-process nucleosynthesis
    A. Simon, R. Kelmar, J.P. McDonaugh, J. O'Reilly, A.C. Dombos, A. Gula, J. Koros, M. Matney, O. Olivas-Gomez, D. Robertson and E. Stech
    Phys. Rev. C 113, 025807 (February 2026)
31. Experiments towards a neutron target for measurements in inverse kinematics
    S.F. Dellmann, C.M. Harrington, O.R. Cantrell, A.L. Cooper, A. Couture, D.V. Gorelov, I. Knapová, S.M. Mosby, R. Reifarth, A. Alvarez, A. Aprahamian, J. Butz, I.J. Bos, M.T. Febbraro, T. Hankins, B.M. Harvey, T. Heftrich, M. Le, J.J. Manfredi, A.B. Mclntosh, K.V. Manukyan, M. Matney, S. Regener, D. Robertson, A. Simon, D. Sokolovic, E. Stech, G. Tabacaru, W. Tan, M. Wiescher, and S. Yennello
    Eur. Phys. J. A 62:37 (February 2026)
32. Lifetimes of low-lying levels in ¹⁵⁸Gd
    S.R. Lesher, A. Aprahamian, K. Lee, C. Fransen, L. McEwan, M.M. Meier, A. Stratman, N. Warr and S.W. Yates
    Eur. Phys. J. A 62:20 (January 2026)
33. r-process Nucleosynthesis from Hyperaccreting Neutron Stars in Common Envelopes
    P. Anninos, M.E. Portman, S.R. Carmichael, R.D. Hoffman, and A. Sieverding
    ApJ 997:88 (January 2026)
34. Nuclear astrophysics
    R. Diehl and M. Wiescher
    Eur. Phys. J. A 62:45 (January 2026)