The blast is what people imagine. A sudden flash, a rising cloud, the moment when history splits into “before” and “after”. Nuclear disasters and atomic weapons are often pictured as events that ...

To produce actinium-227, the isotope used for an FDA-approved cancer treatment, the first step is to bombard targets of the ...

Anyone looking in the direction of the nuclear blast for up to 10 miles would experience temporary blindness that could last ...

Japan’s Super-Kamiokande detector, a massive underground neutrino observatory, has completed its most sensitive search yet ...

Because the nuclei involved are extremely rare and short-lived, scientists usually rely on theoretical models rather than ...

Nuclear isomers are crucial probes for studying the structure of nuclei. Unlike chemical isomers—which have the same chemical ...

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to ...

So it’s surprising that a short history of decay is the least gazey record Nothing have ever made. At the same time, it’s ...

There has not been a major (or minor) nuclear explosion since the 1960s. This is almost entirely because the Treaty on the ...

U.S. scientists are developing an innovation that could reduce nuclear waste storage time by 99.7%, transmuting long-lived radioactive materials into shorter-lived isotopes. The Jefferson Lab project, ...

When most people hear the word radiation, their mind jumps straight to nuclear disasters, such as at Chernobyl or Fukushima. But radiation is everywhere. In fact, right now, as you read this, you are ...

Matthew Bunn is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arms Control Association; is a member of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the National Academy of Sciences; has ...