Scientists are building a nuclear clock so precise it could detect dark matter and test the laws of physics. The secret? A ...

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 ...

For decades, nuclear physicists believed that "Islands of Inversion"—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure ...

Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new ...

New trilateral master's program in physics at Rhine-Main universities – applications now being accepted With the new trilateral master's program ...

Two papers challenged the existence of theorized particles called sterile neutrinos that might account for mysteries like the ...

The IAEA in collaboration with George Washington University Law School is launching a Summer School on the international legal frameworks for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This ...

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

Neutrinos – you may have heard of them referred to as "ghost particles" – pass through everything because they are extremely ...

UT researchers have made rare measurements of exotic nuclear decay that reshape how scientists think heavy elements form in extreme cosmic events. You can’t have gold without the decay of an atomic ...

A California-based nuclear energy company with plans to place small modular reactors (SMRs) in mile-deep boreholes said it ...