The global food supply would be devastated by nuclear war not only from the direct damage, but through a chain of atmospheric ...

A team of physicists Led by Florian Grussie of the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Germany has reproduced ...

How spreading misinformation is like a nuclear reaction A modified model designed to simulate nuclear fission sheds light on how rumors start, spread, and end Date: July 30, 2024 Source: American ...

A nuclear fusion startup has conducted computer simulations and concluded that it is theoretically possible to produce gold ...

Scientists have tapped artificial intelligence and powerful computing to take a first step to speed up how quickly officials ...

The design of nuclear weapons aims to create a supercritical mass of fissile material in an instant, triggering a devastating chain reaction. Thermonuclear weapons, using both fission and fusion ...

Nanomaterials used to measure nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions Date: March 19, 2025 Source: University of Surrey Summary: Physicists have measured a ...

Nuclear fusion is a process that creates energy in the same way as our sun. It involves smashing together two atoms with so much force that they fuse into a single, larger atom, releasing huge ...

But as well-deserved as NIF’s achievements are, they’re a far cry from safe nuclear power running our civilization. While the reaction itself produced a net positive energy difference, that ...

Nearly 200 lasers helped ignite first-ever fusion reaction inside a lab The ignition was sparked by 192 lasers, which used its beams to create temperatures topping 180 million degrees – six ...

Since the first nuclear weapons test in 1945, there have been more than 2,000 tests. In the 1960s, countries began performing tests underground over fears of radioactive fallout. In the 1990s ...