Advanced computing is being utilized to predict a key occurrence in nuclear fission reactions, which could help improve energy production in future plants, according to a new stud ...

Work on nuclear physics in the early twentieth century moved across borders, institutes and private letters. Lise Meitner was part of that movement for decades, first in Vienna, then in Berlin, later ...

Lise Meitner, a brilliant physicist, was instrumental in understanding nuclear fission but was overlooked for the Nobel Prize. Despite facing prejudice and persecution, her theoretical work, developed ...

Few manmade threats inspire as much fear as the potential of a nuclear meltdown. The fact that "Chernobyl," once an obscure Ukrainian town, is now globally recognized as a synonym for catastrophe ...

A nuclear escalation in the Middle East would trigger a global catastrophe. Know the physics behind nuclear weapons, and the ...

Deep Fission, the California-based startup aiming to revolutionize nuclear energy by burying reactors a ...