The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium. This fusion process requires extremely high ...

Richard L Garwin, the creator of America's hydrogen bomb, died on May 13 at his home in Scarsdale, New York. He was 97. Over the course of his seven-decade career, Mr Garwin laid the groundwork for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Friday is the 75th anniversary of President Harry Truman’s decision to authorize work on a hydrogen bomb. On January 31st, 1950, Truman ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to ...

Richard L. Garwin, an architect of America’s hydrogen bomb, who shaped defense policies for postwar governments and laid the groundwork for insights into the structure of the universe as well as for ...

TOKYO (AP) — North Korea says it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb in its latest nuclear test Sunday. Outside experts haven't been able to verify that claim, but say it's plausible. If true, it ...

Chinese researchers have successfully tested a non-nuclear hydrogen-based bomb, producing a fireball that burned over two seconds – 15 times longer than a comparable TNT blast. Developed by the China ...

Richard Garwin, who has died aged 97, was an American nuclear scientist who designed the world’s first hydrogen bomb and went on to become a presidential adviser on arms control, while helping to lay ...