The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed. Primordial helium from the ...

Explore the surprising findings of helium presence in volcanic eruptions and its implications on geological and chemical processes deep inside the Earth.

On Earth, helium comes in two stable isotopes. By far the most common is helium-4, with a nucleus containing two protons and ...

Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) are nuclear fission reactors in which either the fuel and/or the coolant is a molten salt. Molten salt is salt which liquifies at elevated temperatures and can store ...

A nuclear fusion reaction is a phenomenon in which two or more light atomic nuclei, such as hydrogen, come close to each other and fuse to form a heavier atomic nucleus, such as helium.

First up, what is heavy water? Elements are defined by the number of protons in their nucleus, with hydrogen having one, helium having two, and uranium having 92 protons, for example. The number ...