The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all.

Nuclear power is not worth the impact or the risk. Nuclear reactors produce toxic waste that can remain radioactive for tens ...

A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels ...

Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may ...

For the first time, by studying quantum correlations between triplets of secondary particles created during high-energy ...

Of the four known fundamental forces of nature, the weak nuclear force is the one with the least obvious purpose. Gravity ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2025 — From electric cars to artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, the technologies people use every day require a growing need for electricity. In theory, nuclear fusion — a ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are experts in nuclear forensics: the art and science of ...

Framatome and Standard Nuclear have launched a joint venture to produce TRISO fuel for advanced reactors, aiming to start ...

The Hermes 2 Demonstration Plant will house a 50 megawatt luoride salt–cooled, high-temperature reactor plus a turbine for ...

Update: President Trump announced the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordo, on Saturday, June 21. Read the latest here. Iran has two known underground nuclear ...