How silver iodide triggers ice formation at the atomic level

No one can control the weather, but certain clouds can be deliberately triggered to release rain or snow. The process, known ...

Experimental proof of long-suspected atomic decay pathway adds new detail to 'nuclear periodic table'

For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, ...
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Lise Meitner – the forgotten woman of nuclear physics who deserved a Nobel Prize

That all changed on Feb. 11, 1939, with a letter to the editor of Nature – a premier international scientific journal – that described exactly how such a thing could occur and even named it fission.

Nuclear fusion: the race for the ‘holy grail’ of physics is hotting up

In fusion, hydrogen isotopes are heated to extremely high temperatures until they form plasma – superheated, electrically ...
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Nuclear Car That Was Too Dangerous to Build

In 1958, Ford unveiled one of the most ambitious and bizarre concept cars ever imagined — the Ford Nucleon, a vehicle powered not by gasoline, but by a miniature nuclear reactor in its trunk. Designed ...
New Atlas

Physicists turn to nuclear clocks in the hunt for dark matter

For all our telescopes and colliders, dark matter has remained an elusive ghost for the better part of a century. It outweighs everything we see by a factor of five, yet it slips past every detector ...
New Scientist

The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite what Trump says

President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties ...
University of Wyoming

Nuclear Energy Science

Are you ready to be part of the next wave of energy innovators? The nuclear energy science certificate at the University of Wyoming offers a unique opportunity to dive deep into one of the most ...