Try to fathom the power of 1 million nuclear power plants. Now, imagine there is a way to pack the equivalent of that into ...

Radiation-resistant nanomaterials enhance durability in nuclear systems by mitigating damage, improving structural integrity, ...

Scientists sustained nuclear fusion plasma for 22 minutes, marking significant progress in sustainable clean energy research.

Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually ...

Just 4 small modular reactor companies have received $3B in VC funding. But leading experts tell BI it's unclear if SMRs will ...

Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory have discovered that cosmic-ray showers seem to play a pivotal role in ...

Now a startup called Stardust seeks something more ambitious: developing proprietary geoengineering technology that would ...

Plasma specialist heads to Peking University to pursue magnetic confinement on mission to make nuclear fusion a reality.

Radioactive decay, or nuclear decay, happens when an unstable atomic nucleus spontaneously and randomly emits particles and energy to reach a more stable configuration. This process often causes ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that predicts nuclear properties in record detail. The study revealed how the structure of a nucleus relates to the force that holds it together. This ...