Silver-110’s decay reveals a promising path to measure antineutrino mass. New data could reshape future neutrino studies.

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung have discovered ...

Nuclear policy specialist David Albright explains how his organization is monitoring for damage to nuclear sites following ...

For the first time, an international research team has succeeded in observing a two-photon decay on a so-called bare atomic nucleus from which the entire electron shell has been removed.

Exotic nuclear decay observed in dark-matter detector. As well as detecting neutrinos, the new method, which is detailed in Physical Review Letters, could also be of interest for nuclear forensics.For ...

Discovery of 257Sg and its K-isomer reveals new insights into superheavy element fission and quantum stability mechanisms.

In the coming days or hours he will determine whether to join the effort and help Israel destroy the Fordow reactor, located 90 meters below ground, the stronghold completing the production of nuclear ...

There are three natural isotopes of uranium — uranium-234 (U-234), uranium-235 (U-235) and uranium-238 (U-238). U-238 is the most common one, accounting for around 99 per cent of natural uranium found ...

If the new age of these Canadian rocks is solid, they would be the first and only ones known to have survived Earth’s earliest, tumultuous time.

Although natural decay of U-235 means that this is unlikely to happen again, we humans have learned to take uranium ore and start a controlled fission process in reactors, beginning in the 1940s.

Uranium (chemical symbol U) is a naturally occurring radioactive element. In its pure form it is a silver-coloured heavy metal, similar to lead, cadmium and tungsten. Like tungsten it is very dense, ...