Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...

A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit organization widely known for creating the Doomsday Clock, was named this ...

America’s nuclear renaissance is about transforming nuclear power from slow, one-off construction projects into scalable, factory-built reactors.

The results of the seventh season of the international scientific and educational project Icebreaker of Knowledge, organized ...

The mood in the university lecture hall was positively glowing. It was a meeting of experts in Alesund, Norway, who were keen ...

In the 20th century, humanity acquired the power to destroy itself--and reshape civilizations. From quantum physics to Hiroshima, this lecture traces the scientific breakthroughs, political urgency, ...

Space exploration has driven innovation for decades and inspired local scientist Dr. Solange Massa to literally reach for the stars. Massa is the founder and chief executive officer of Ecoatoms, Inc., ...

NASA has announced it will launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft to Mars before the end of 2028. The effort would mark a world first—no interplanetary spacecraft mission has ever been powered by nuclear ...

Enjoy behind-the-scenes access to cutting-edge institutions such as CERN and the Swiss Plasma Center, which illuminate how ...

A new nuclear age is upon us. That’s according to Corey Hines, the director of the Nuclear Science Center at Washington State University, who points to growing interest and new developments in ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...