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

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

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 ...

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

The history of science is full of amazing individuals who changed the world with their ingenious ideas. Determining the best ...

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 ...

The U.S. Department of Energy was created in 1977 by merging two agencies with different missions: the Atomic Energy ...

Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have a new way to use data from high-energy particle smashups to peer inside protons.

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

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 ...