nuclear physics
Government Scientists Create 'Burning Plasma' In Fusion Energy Milestone
Scientists extracted a maximum yield of 170 kilojoules from a two-millimeter capsule of thermonuclear fuel.
Government Scientists Are Creating Matter From Pure Light
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory turned light into electrons, validating a theory that dates back nearly a century.
Scientists Recreated Nuclear Fusion From the Big Bang Under a Mountain In Italy
Scientists shot protons at a deuterium nucleus to understand what the universe was like mere minutes after it was born.
The Unbelievable Story of the World’s Oldest Cyclotron
The particle accelerator came to Chandigarh in India from the US in the 1960s, and was rebuilt with no prior expertise.
Scientists Clocked the Shortest Time Period Ever: 247 'Zeptoseconds'
Researchers in Germany measured the time it took for a light particle to dislodge two electrons within the same molecule—the fastest event ever recorded.
A Child Explains Why He Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Playroom
“I realized that certain things that I thought were impossible for someone my age aren’t impossible,” said Jackson Oswalt, 14.
Mystery X-Ray Signal Probably Not Dark Matter After All
Just some nefarious sulfur ions, it turns out.
The LHC Is Now Blasting Lead Ions at Each Other at Record-Breaking Energies
Heavy ions take over for one month only.
The Online Afterlife of Manhattan Project Physicist Philip Morrison
"Scientific knowledge and understanding is not a purely cerebral affair; it is soaked with emotion, excitement, and nervous tension, as everyone knows who has heard Philip Morrison talk."