Americium is one of the lesser-known synthetic elements, first created in 1944 during the Manhattan Project. The isotope of interest for space is americium-241. Its half-life is a staggering 432 years ...

Trump on Thursday said he ordered the U.S. military to immediately restart the process for testing nuclear weapons after a halt of 33 years. (Photo source: Reuters) President Donald Trump reaffirmed ...

The last US nuclear test explosion was in September 1992, a 20-kiloton underground detonation at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site. Source: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta President Donald Trump reaffirmed on ...

President Trump told reporters Friday they would “find out very soon” when asked to clarify if he plans on resuming underground nuclear detonation tests following his announcement this week that he is ...

SINGAPORE – As the world scales up its nuclear energy ambitions, the big missing element is not so much finance or political momentum, but having enough people to run and design the reactors, said ...

Researchers at Stockholm University in Sweden and Vanderbilt University in Tennessee studied historic observatory photos to find signs of flashes of light. The researchers then drew a statistical ...