Nuclear astrophysics is dedicated to unravelling the complex nuclear processes that govern stellar evolution, explosive cosmic events and the synthesis of elements throughout the Universe. Central to ...
A team of scientists has made significant progress in the ongoing quest to create new, long-lasting superheavy nuclei. These double magic nuclei, characterized by a precise number of protons and ...
While reactivity is commonly understood to have a nonlinear relationship with nuclide concentration, typically requiring complex numerical calculations, we discovered that taking the reciprocal of ...
Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to ...
The minivan-sized reactor transported by the military is one of at least three that will reach "criticality" -- when a nuclear reaction can sustain an ongoing series of reactions -- by July 4, as ...
As U.S. electricity demand rises and technology companies seek to build more and larger data centers to drive artificial intelligence systems, the main question arising is how to generate all that ...
Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have developed a method to increase fusion reaction rates at room temperature. Using a custom-built, bench-top reactor, the team demonstrated ...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, center, and Under Secretary of Defense Michael Duffey, left, listen as Isaiah Taylor, CEO of Valar Atomics, discusses a microreactor developed by Valar to generate ...
Most of the energy from the sun and other stars comes from a chain of nuclear fusion reactions. The end of this chain is marked by the fusion of protons with beryllium-7 to form boron-8. This process ...