Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Meitner and Frisch were able to provide an ...

Some scientific anniversaries celebrate events so momentous that they capture the attention of many nonscientists as well — or even the entire world. One such anniversary is upon us. December 2 marks ...

An artist's rendering of the CP-1 nuclear reactor. University of Chicago It was 75 years ago, beneath the bleachers of a University of Chicago football field, that scientists took the first step ...

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

Nuclear fission is a powerful phenomenon. When the conditions are right, atomic nuclei split, releasing neutrons that then split other nuclei in an ongoing chain reaction that releases enormous ...

Nuclear bombs do not rely on size, they rely on physics. Here is how chain reactions and hydrogen bombs unleash power on a ...

Nuclear fission reactors act as a key power source for many parts of the world and worldwide power capacity is expected to nearly double by 2050. One issue, however, is the difficulty of discerning ...

Who knew star deaths and nuclear weapons had something in common? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When a white dwarf star ...