“To date, 1.5 percent of all nuclear power plants ever built have melted down to some degree,” writes the nonprofit org One ...

This video presents three of the most shocking nuclear detonations ever captured on camera. From towering mushroom clouds to ...

In nuclear physics, "magic numbers" identify specific numbers of protons or neutrons that lead to especially stable nuclei. Recognizing these numbers helps scientists better understand the ...

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Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK) in Heidelberg have now succeeded in detecting antineutrinos from the reactor of a nuclear power plant using the CONUS+ experiment ...