Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...
On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with ...
When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air, as if a giant balloon had inflated it from below. It wasn’t a balloon. Scientists had exploded a nuclear ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Underground on Purdue University’s campus is the only nuclear reactor in Indiana. Although used just for research purposes — the total energy the reactor generates powers about ...
In a first for tristructural isotropic (TRISO) fuel research, a cross-cutting effort among scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National ...
A simulation of a rapidly accreting white dwarf showing a proposed site for the intermediate (i) process and the Summing NaI (SuN) detector. The research studied the 139Ba+n reaction, constrained by ...
Are you ready to be part of the next wave of energy innovators? The nuclear energy science certificate at the University of Wyoming offers a unique opportunity to dive deep into one of the most ...
A commemoration recently was held by the University of South Carolina-Aiken of the only scientific experiment done in South Carolina for which the Nobel Prize was awarded for physics. The celebration ...