An international team of researchers has systematically measured the β-decay half-lives of 40 nuclei near calcium-54, ...

In 1978, a secret Soviet nuclear powered spy satellite lost control and plunged back to Earth, scattering radioactive debris across the Canadian wilderness. This is the chilling story of Cosmos 954, ...

In recent years, the world has seen an increasing number of attacks on nuclear energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s nuclear facilities remain on the front lines of this growing threat. Earlier this month, ...

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Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Structure and Fundamental Interactions of Matter, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics, ...

Isabelle Boemeke has a cause that’s raising eyebrows. Isabelle Boemeke has a cause that’s raising eyebrows. The model turned nuclear power influencer in California this month.Credit...JJ Geiger for ...

Systematic DFT study of electronic properties in Group-VI transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) using GPAW. Includes band structure calculations, density of states analysis, and orbital projections ...

Through mass measurements of silicon-22 combined with theoretical calculations, researchers have revealed that silicon-22 possesses a double-magic structure similar to that of oxygen-22, while also ...

Now, the world’s first nuclear influencer is coming out with a book. The book, Rad Future, is on sale August 12. It’s an approachable breakdown of what the model-turned-nuclear-influencer has learned ...

The spin–orbit effect on the quantum corrections to the frequencies of the Γ-point optical phonon modes in graphene within the continuum approximation for phonons and the effective-mass approximation ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The platform created by the researchers enables the formation and dynamic tuning of ...