Scientists have developed a groundbreaking nuclear battery with unprecedented efficiency, capable of powering devices for ...

New research reveals unique two-proton decay in 18Mg, impacting nuclear physics theories and applications. A team of ...

A new design for a nuclear battery that generates electricity from the radioactive decay of americium is unprecedentedly ...

The infamous plant, closed since 2019, is getting a new lease on life after Microsoft agreed to buy its electricity to supply ...

The low-energy excited state of thorium-229 (229Th) isotope nucleus has recently gained much attention owing to it being an ideal candidate for ultra-precise nuclear clocks. Building such ...

Scientists use atomic clocks to measure the "second," the smallest standard unit of time, with great precision. These clocks ...

When you picture a sci-fi energy source, glowing green crystals are right up there. Scientists in China have now demonstrated ...

Scientists have for the first time mechanically detected individual nuclear decays occurring in a microparticle. The research ...

A recent breakthrough has paved the way for timekeeping even more precise than the measurements performed by atomic clocks.

The performance of passive safety systems designed to cool a nuclear reactor without any operator intervention or power is being tested at U.S. Argonne National Laboratory. The Natural Convection ...

Nuclear clocks might soon rival the best atomic ones as supremely accurate timekeepers — a testament to the value of both ...