In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue investigates the radioactive elements located at the bottom of the periodic table. Discover ...

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Over Christmas vacation in 1938, physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch received puzzling scientific news in a private letter from nuclear chemist Otto Hahn. When bombarding uranium with neutrons, ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Over Christmas vacation in 1938, physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch received puzzling scientific news in a ...

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The energy spectrum of prompt neutrons emitted in fission plays an important role in many applications in nuclear science and technology. The Co-ordinated Research Project on “Prompt fission neutron ...

Nuclear fission is a substantial part of the world’s energy mix, but out in the broader universe, fission is much harder to come by. Now, a new study from Los Alamos National Laboratory and North ...

The fuel rods of a nuclear reactor are now shining blue and red on the screens of iPads, iPhones and iPods. Researchers and students in the University of Utah's Nuclear Engineering Program are using ...

"As we’ve acquired more observations, the cosmos is saying 'hey, there’s a signature here, and it can only come from fission.'" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Discovered in Gabon, the Oklo natural nuclear reactor operated about 2 billion years ago, a testament to nature's ability to achieve sustained nuclear fission. This phenomenon occurred due to a unique ...

Artemis Spyrou receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. Wolfgang Mittig receives funding from NSF. Meitner and ...