Scientists have built the first-ever thorium reactor. Thorium is both more easily accessible and less dangerous than uranium—the most common fission fuel. The system also uses molten salt instead of ...

Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

Among the most promising solutions is nuclear fusion—an energy source that could one day power the world without releasing ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — A deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir has again moved India and Pakistan closer to war as the two rivals downgraded diplomatic and trade ties, closed the main ...

Most adults catching a flight in the U.S. starting May 7 will be required to present a passport or an upgraded state-issued ...

A collaboration of US-based researchers has turned to the PROSPECT-I detector at ORNL in search of the elusive sterile ...

The discovery of the new antihypernucleus could help scientists better understand the state of the universe just a millionth ...

A black hole bomb - an idea first proposed in 1969 - has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

To learn more about the nature of matter, energy, space, and time, physicists smash high-energy particles together in large ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, the world's most powerful solar telescope, operated by ...

The world’s first privately operated nuclear reactor, which broke new ground with its innovative use of liquid nuclear fuel ...

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met high-level officials from the U.S. administration to discuss important current issues related to non-proliferation and nuclear safety worldwide, during ...