For the first time, a quantum radiation reaction in strong electromagnetic fields has been demonstrated experimentally by ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

A new experiment using rare-isotope beams has provided new insight into the origin of proton-rich isotopes known as p-nuclei.

Russian scientists have developed a method to produce nitrogen-15, a key component for advanced nitride fuel in fast neutron ...

China builds its most advanced fusion reactor BEST by 2027, aiming to achieve commercial fusion power by 2030 through state planning and industrial investment.

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, but his principled opposition to Nazi ideology nearly destroyed his career ...

EADaily, . Scientists from The University of Tennessee, together with an international team at the ISOLDE facility at CERN, ...

Lucideon has been appointed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to contribute to an innovation programme that seeks to ...

Gold cannot form until certain unstable atomic nuclei break apart. Exactly how those nuclear transformations unfold has long been difficult to ...

In 2023, astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope spotted an unusual class of short gamma-ray bursts, whose origin appeared to be the collision of two neutron ...

Cambridge scientists have discovered a light-powered chemical reaction that lets researchers modify complex drug molecules at the final stages of development. Unlike traditional methods that rely on ...

Natura Resources LLC (Natura), a developer of advanced liquid-fueled molten salt reactors, continues to make progress advancing the reactor physics and safety analysis underpinning its reactor ...