Physicists have discovered a surprising new “Island of Inversion” in a place no one expected: among nuclei where the number ...

Radioactive isotopes are taking jobs in peacetime industry. Last week the California Research Corp. (a subsidiary of Standard Oil Co. of California) and the Atomic Energy Commission told now ...

Quantum technologies, computers or other devices that operate leveraging quantum mechanical effects, rely on the precise ...

Embedding non-harmful radioactive isotopes into the horns of rhinos renders them impossible to traffic through seaports and ...

In the 20th century, scientists began to suspect Earth was a lot older than we thought. It was our old friends/deadly foes, uranium and lead, that provided the first evidence.

Explore the India-Canada uranium deal's impact on India's nuclear program and energy security in this comprehensive analysis.

During an archaeological survey conducted in February, researchers from the Maritime Encounters program at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, identified six previously unregistered Bronze Age mines ...

A nuclear escalation in the Middle East would trigger a global catastrophe. Know the physics behind nuclear weapons, and the ...

A pair of new studies have provided fresh evidence in the long-running scientific debate—and the result could be ...

Why psychiatry’s diagnostic system may undergo major changes, and what the scientific debates over how mental illnesses should be defined are ...

In Part 4, Carolyn Krause learns more about the processes behind BWXT and LIS Technologies, which will be part of the nuclear ...

When electronics meet cosmic rays, bad things can happen. Chip makers need to test what their products can withstand, and ...