An international collaboration of scientists working with the FAIR Phase 0 program at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...

Protons are the basic building blocks of matter. Together with neutrons, they form atomic nuclei. These minute, positively ...

Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study.

Recent fusion breakthroughs have generated interest from investors like Sam Altman and Bill Gates—along with some unrealistic ...

Division of Applied RI, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), 75 Nowon-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01812, Republic of Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), 217, Gajeong-ro, ...

The key to producing the heaviest elements on the periodic table is known as the rapid neutron-capture process ... a massive star begins to die as its nuclear fuel runs out.

Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel ... salt reactors that used thorium for nuclear power at the dawn of the Cold War era.

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Friedmann, control engineer / [email protected] A1: In a self-sustaining chain reaction of the nuclear fission process ... as they are inserted deeper, capture more neutrons (lowering the neutron flux ...

Vladimir Putin’s troops seized control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in spring 2022 in an attempt to disrupt Ukraine’s energy supply, and have used the site to create fear in the nearby ...

Nuclear power stations across the world are increasingly vulnerable to attack after Russia’s capture of Europe’s biggest facility during its invasion of Ukraine and the “normalisation” of ...