Researchers are delving into the world of starquakes to understand the densest matter in the universe within neutron stars. This study not only bridges the gap between astronomy and nuclear physics ...

Residents in Pike County may be facing an invisible threat in their drinking water: Technetium-99 (Tc-99), a radioactive contaminant that, despite its mobility in water and ...

The rigorous testing and evaluation process saw the MH-139A helicopters responding to a simulated threat with a full tactical response force loadout and ...

“Resuming atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons would be disastrous,” says Joseph Mangano, executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project. He cited the “lessons learned from ...

The military wanted to test the electromagnetic impacts of nuclear weapons in space. In 1962 they lit up the sky.

The voices of those of us who have already suffered the devastating and ongoing effects of nuclear weapons must be integral ...

Evgeny Velikhov's many accomplishments in reducing the threat from nuclear weapons—during and after the Cold War—are ...

The EU-CONVERSION research project aims to accelerate the use of low-enriched uranium in European nuclear reactors.

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NASA and General Atomics tested the fuel by exposing it to temperatures up to 3,000 Kelvin (4,940 Fahrenheit or 2,727 Celsius ...

Vladimir Putin has dismissed the head of Roscosmos in a move which follows a series of setbacks for Russia's space agency ...

Since the 1990s, the United States has used science to verify its nuclear weapons are working properly. NPR was granted a rare look at how they do it.