Many advances in technology spring from the mind of a single genius, but others, like nuclear power, are the product of many ...

A five-dimensional model accurately predicts the asymmetric fission of mercury isotopes, advancing our understanding of nuclear fission beyond traditional heavy elements such as uranium and plutonium ...

Nuclear fusion has long been the energy world’s moonshot, a reaction so powerful and so difficult to tame that many ...

Novel propulsion ideas for moving around space seem like they’re a dime a dozen recently. Besides the typical argument between solar sails and chemical propulsion lies a potential third way — a ...

We took a look at the element tritium a short time ago. A "high octane" and ultra-rare nuclear isotope of which we have a global supply you could fit in an XL-sized suitcase. A supply that small could ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 7, 2023 — The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to be created in cataclysmic explosions like the merger of two neutron stars or in rare classes of supernovae ...

Back in the 1950s, the Ford Motor Company was fairly certain that nuclear fission power was the way forward in the automotive industry's far future. Happily, Ford's engineers had better sense than ...

Fusion may be a promising theoretical energy source, but even optimists admit a fusion economy is at least a couple decades away (and some skeptics say it will always be a couple decades away). And ...

NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This ...

NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the surface of the moon—and fast. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also serving as NASA’s interim administrator, has issued new directives at the ...