Observations of the formation of light-nuclei from high-energy collisions may help in the hunt for dark matter.

Thorsten Schumm is professor for Quantum Metrology at the TU Wien. His scientific career has led him to Berlin, Innsbruck ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

Oak Ridge has a history in nuclear dating back to World War II. Now the industry is coming back to its roots.

Let’s start with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)—arguably the largest, most ...

Neutrinos are low-mass subatomic particles with zero electric charge that interact with matter only via the weak nuclear force and gravity. This makes neutrinos difficult to detect, despite the fact ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Thirty-seven sub-assemblies, including 28 fuel sub-assemblies, are currently being loaded into India’s first 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, the government said, marking a ...

“Overloading Plasma Balls and Xenon Lamps” captures the shocking effects of pushing high-voltage devices beyond their limits, ...

Neutrinos are one of the most mysterious particles in the universe, often called "ghost particles" because they rarely interact with anything else. Trillions stream through our bodies every second, ...

A review by the IAEA and partners has found that the United Republic of Tanzania has taken important steps to decentralize cancer services with a new centre bringing radiotherapy to the Kilimanjaro ...

INL is producing enriched molten chloride fuel salt at full scale for its Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment, scheduled to begin in the 2030s ...