Researchers have demonstrated that intense laser fields, particularly at low frequencies, can significantly enhance nuclear ...

Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99 exists for just hours. The difference lies in the structure of ...

Our account of the strong nuclear force is full of imaginative terms. Six flavors of quarks have color charges of red, green and blue, which dictate how they bind to form particles like protons and ...

There is so much talk these days about harnessing nuclear energy. There is new technology, it is pointed out, that is easier ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to build five gigawatts of new nuclear power capacity, which is more than the entire country has constructed in three decades, is being sold as a ...