A company aims to bring a nuclear fusion plant online in the early 2030s, but the path to this breakthrough is anything but easy.

At the bottom of the chart are the fundamental particles—quarks, bosons (eg Higgs, w +, w -, z ), protons, neutrons, ...

To address these problems, the CLAS12 collaboration utilized the Central Neutron Detector, which was developed at France’s ...

From nearly indestructible metals, like tungsten, to delicate clouds in the sky, atoms make up everything around us. But do these atoms ever touch each other? As with most topics in atomic physics, ...

A new study reveals a 'nano-switch' in ferredoxin that affects its electron transfer, which could lead to advancements in sensors and drug development. Researchers in Japan have discovered a mechanism ...

Scientists propose a new method to detect advanced alien civilizations by looking for signs of nuclear fusion on distant ...

Heavy hydrogen could be important in long-range detections of civilizations, says a pioneering astronomical study.

Explore how nuclear reactors harness atomic forces to generate electricity, from traditional water-cooled designs to ...

Hypernuclei are rarely found in nature and are difficult to create in the lab. CERN's LHC has reported spotting two ...

Nuclear fusion refers to a process in which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus, releasing a ...

A research team at Stanford University has recently published a study in Science that suggests that this battery degradation ...

An asteroid hitting a neutron star could release enough energy to power humanity for 100 million years, more than enough to ...