Few names are as closely linked with the atomic bomb as Albert Einstein's. Mention nuclear weapons and, sooner or later, ...

It took energy to power America’s first 250 years, and it will take energy to power the next 250 years. To meet growing ...

Few flashpoints on the modern geopolitical map carry higher stakes than the Taiwan Strait. Roughly 110 miles of water ...

By remotely accessing an IBM quantum computer, a research scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has successfully ...

The relay equipment that helps guide Russian drones over Belarus went dark on June 22, days after President Volodymyr ...

Plutonium is one of the most complex elements in the periodic table. First synthesized and isolated in 1940 by scientists at ...

Rayhan Ahmed’s students don’t just study formulas — they travel to Flint and advocate for environmental justice in D.C.

For several decades, the Standard Model of Elementary Particles (SM) (Fig. 1) has provided a broadly accepted description of our Universe. On the other hand, there has been strong evidence that the ...

Tehran has concluded that pressure through the waterway can compel Washington to extract concessions from Israel, first in Lebanon and then across the region.

Every year, millions of shipments of radioactive material are transported by land, air and sea. These materials are crucial for medicine, industry, research, agriculture and energy production. Because ...

While nuclear power has the potential to help cut humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are still working on how to deal with its radioactive leftovers. The Thomas Jefferson National ...

In June, the Trump administration nevertheless launched airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program. And today, it might strike Iran again over its nuclear ambitions — this time despite President ...