He worked to develop an atomic clock that is essential to GPS and helped confirm a rare state of matter predicted by Albert ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei.

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

A new National Academies report finds that nuclear war modeling needs to incorporate more up-to-date science from a range of ...

Fifty experts on nuclear physics, particle physics and astrophysics met at CERN from 9 to 13 June to discuss how to use ...

While radiation treatments designed to kill cancer cells have come a long way, scientists and doctors are always exploring ...

An attosecond—or 0.000000000000000001 second—is no time at all for a person. That is not so for electrons, atoms and ...

Scientists are using trapped ions in cutting-edge experiments to hunt for signs of an undiscovered particle that might help ...

Right now, everyone is drooling over AI – and rightfully so. Artificial intelligence is already rewriting the rules of work, creativity, productivity… And it’s still early days in terms of this tech’s ...

Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream ...

Satellite images show crews of bulldozers and excavators on site at the uranium enrichment site at Fordow which was bombed by the United States last Saturday.