Mehen, 54, died Dec. 29 at his home in Chapel Hill. He is remembered as a "brilliant theoretical physicist" and a "great ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This ...

This achievement takes the reactor into its operational phase, bringing us closer to clean and limitless energy using nuclear ...

Artistic illustration of three different deformations in the atomic nucleus of lead-190. Credit: Janne Pakarinen and Adrian Montes Plaza Scientists have reached a significant milestone in nuclear ...

Chinese-American scientist was dubbed the ‘first lady of physics’, but her contributions to her native land remain shrouded ...

Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (1909–1966) is fondly remembered as the ’Father of India’s Nuclear Program’. He believed in building laboratories and nurturing talent ...

After many countries, including the UK, Ireland and the US, went to the polls in 2024, the start of 2025 will see governments ...

Nuclear fusion works by colliding light atoms together to form a single, heavier nucleus that is less than the mass of the ...

Integrating physics priors into machine learning enhances efficiency, reduces data needs and yields reliable results. This Perspective explores physics-driven learning and inverse modelling of ...

Some major news broke recently about net positive energy gain using lasers for nuclear fusion ignition. As exciting as that ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) – also called ‘artificial sun’ – has achieved the milestone of 1,006 ...

Sweden is urging Britain to club together with Northern European neighbours to purchase a fleet of mini-nuclear power plants.