An anomalous ore sample found in Africa once left scientists considering the unthinkable; this is the remarkable story of ...

Seventy years ago, at the dawn of the nuclear age, atomic energy was viewed as the next great hope of modern civilization. Lewis Strauss, then the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, infamously ...

An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.

Artificial intelligence has sent demand for electricity skyrocketing in the U.S. after years of virtually zero growth. That has sent Big Tech companies scrambling to secure generating capacity for ...

Analytical chemist Friedrich Strassmann played a crucial role in discovering nuclear fission with Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, ...

Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates is helping to advance a growing source of nuclear energy with an overseas energy developer. The American businessman met Chung Ki-sun, vice chairman of ...

Deep Fission, Inc. (“Deep Fission” or the “Company”), an advanced nuclear energy company developing small modular pressurized water reactors installed one mile underground, today announced it has ...

Nuclear developer Elementl Power said Wednesday it's signed an agreement with Google to develop three project sites for advanced reactors. Google will commit early-stage development capital to the ...

The surge in energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI) applications is driving focus on nuclear power. Nuclear power offers a 24/7, carbon-free source of baseload electricity. And unlike ...

Today, the European Commission has taken a decisive step in the development of nuclear technologies with the adoption of the Work Programme for the 2026 and 2027 Euratom Research and Training ...