Why are there atomic clocks but no nuclear clocks? After all, an atom's nucleus is typically surrounded by many electrons, so ...

With $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation’s second Future of Semiconductor program (FuSe2), the University of ...

The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a former base for atomic bomb testing, has lead to a cluster of health issues.

The Arecibo message contained an image of a man only. But what might seem a sexist choice deserves a more subtle ...

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Even a “limited” nuclear war “could cause hundreds of millions or billions of humans worldwide to starve to death,” as these ...

Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki on Aug. 8 again denied any political message behind his decision not to invite Israel to the Peace Memorial Ceremony commemorating victims of the 1945 atomic bombing.

The Pentagon is preparing to replace all of today’s 400 long-range, land-based nuclear-armed missiles with a new missile ...

Since this atom has a total of eight electrons, it also has eight protons. The atom with eight protons in its nucleus (atomic number 8) is oxygen. Each energy level holds a certain number of electrons ...

Physicists have made a breakthrough in the development of a nuclear clock, a new kind of ultraprecise clock that could ...

Nuclear power is facing numerous challenges, including uranium shortages, geopolitical risks, and the economic and ...