A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

Physicists have solved a long-standing puzzle about mercury’s nuclear fission by using a five-dimensional model that ...

Successful experiments uncover new island of asymmetric fission. An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart ...

In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Google will purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion power plant. But the technology ...

The experiment Team member Haik Simon at the R3B-Magnet GLAD at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt. (Courtesy: J Hosan/GSI/FAIR) Subtle quantum effects within atomic nuclei ...

Nuclear fission, the process by which an atomic nucleus splits into smaller parts, ... Chi-Nu experiment ends, bolsters nuclear security and energy reactors. Sep 26, 2023.

The phenomenon of nuclear fission in both the controlled release of atomic energy in the chain-reacting uranium pile and the instantaneous detonation of an atomic bomb ... These experiments, ...