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 ...

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 ...

Nuclear fusion works by replicating the sun's process of fusing light atoms under extreme heat and pressure to create heavier ...

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

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

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Scientists used the most massive fundamental particles to break special relativity, but even that didn’t work.

Nuclear fusion, the energy source of stars, is a clean and virtually unlimited energy ...

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 ...

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

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