Hydrogen bombs cause a bigger explosion, which means the shock waves, blast, heat and radiation all have larger reach than an atomic bomb, according to Edward Morse, a professor of nuclear engineering ...

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, ...

Computer simulation of a grain boundary (green) in uranium oxide. Uranium atoms are yellow, oxygen atoms are red. These simulations are helping researchers understand how hydrogen interacts with ...

Innovative small modular reactors, floating nuclear plants, and microreactors offer potential routes to decarbonization that many countries are embracing. However, these emerging technologies elevate ...

US bomber Boeing B-29 Superfortress, the same as those which dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, heading to bomb Osaka in 1945. United States Army Air Force August 2025 marked the 80th ...

The Eisenhower Administration’s sharpest behind-the-scenes split on cold-war strategy broke unmistakably into public view last week. The issue: whether the U.S. ought to suspend its nuclear-weapons ...

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran's key nuclear facilities—Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

Editor’s note: The following is the full text of the declaration issued by the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War—a three-day gathering in Chicago of about 20 Nobel laureates ...