Nuclear energy is a form of energy released from the nucleus, the core of atoms, made up of protons and neutrons. This source of energy can be produced in two ways: fission – when nuclei of atoms ...

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 ...

Physicists at UC Santa Cruz will receive $555,000 of that to develop a literal gem of a monitoring system that such power plants will need to safely generate fusion energy—a system that incorporates ...

When it comes to attempts at regime change, Venezuela is a graveyard of ideas. During Trump’s first administration, the United States imposed punitive economic sanctions on the country’s oil and ...

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh has delivered its verdict. It has convicted ousted PM Sheikh Hasina and ...

Moving labour out of low-productivity agriculture and into higher-productivity manufacturing is crucial for economic transformation in Africa. Expanding manufacturing production and exports, and ...

Starmer denies No 10 aides to blame for attack on Streeting - Concerns around Labour Party leadership deepens ahead of Rachel ...

Tucked away in the northern corner of Wisconsin, where the mighty Lake Superior creates its own weather patterns and locals measure distance in minutes rather than miles, sits a secondhand paradise ...

Nuclear fusion, which operates on the same principle that powers the sun, is expected to become a sustainable energy source ...

Many heavy atomic nuclei are shaped more or less like squashed rugby balls than fully inflated ones, according to a ...

Countries like the US that are eyeing leadership in advanced nuclear technology face an urgent need to establish lithium ...

Iran’s silence over damage it incurred at sites bombed by Israel and the US is fueling concern about the state and location ...