A California-based lab has made the first experimental measurements of nuclear reactions in high-energy-density ...

Nuclear astrophysics is dedicated to unravelling the complex nuclear processes that govern stellar evolution, explosive cosmic events and the synthesis of elements throughout the Universe. Central to ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study provides new ...

Photo by Bortzells Esselte, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives. Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) left Italy in 1938 to receive the Nobel Prize for physics in Sweden. He never went back. He and his wife ...

Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Scientists have further developed a way of controlling nuclear fusion reactions, marking another forward step in the rush to achieve a clean, virtually limitless source of energy. Nuclear fusion ...

LANSING, MI — The warnings are dire. If we don’t curb greenhouse emissions, the planet will be damaged in ways that make human existence difficult. And Michigan is squarely in the middle of the debate ...