Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in nuclear physics after making the first direct ...

Helen Jackson, a nuclear physicist with decades of experience and a patent under her belt, was excited about a new job at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, a ...

Somewhere above Earth, natural radiation may be doing what spies cannot: probing satellites for hidden nuclear weapons. Although the 1967 Outer Space Treaty bans nuclear weapons in space, there’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Theoretical physicist David J. Gross attends the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 18, 2026, in Santa ...

University of Queensland researchers have made a breakthrough in muonic atom research, clearing the way for new nuclear physics experiments. A team at the UQ School of Mathematics and Physics has ...

In our world of AI-dominated algorithms, some nuclear physicists prefer to do science the old-fashioned way. And this newly developed physics-based, AI-free algorithm may be the breakthrough needed ...

An artist’s impression of a quantum electrodynamics simulation using 100 qubits of an IBM quantum computer. The spheres and lines denote the qubits and connectivity of the IBM quantum processor; gold ...

AMES, Iowa – John Lajoie, surrounded in his office by Star Trek posters and a few space hero action figures, recently made the case for nuclear physics research and the multi-million-dollar ...

Nuclear isomers are crucial probes for studying the structure of nuclei. Unlike chemical isomers—which have the same chemical formula but different arrangements of atoms—nuclear isomers are nuclei ...