Immediately after the Big Bang boomed, the Universe was a trillion-degree ' soup ' of unimaginably dense plasma. In a ...

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Officials claim the risk is small. Officials spark backlash with project that could pose nuclear threat: 'Irradiated ...

In terms of the Quasiparticle Model, a single particle travels through a sea of fermions, which include electrons, protons, or neutrons, and interacts persistently with its neighbours.

The investigative minds at How to Survive map the horrific progression of thermal radiation, pressure waves, and ionizing ...

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa student-led team has developed a new algorithm to help scientists determine direction in ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power unite in a $27M deal to accelerate molten salt reactor technology.

A giant virus discovered in Japan is adding fuel to the provocative idea that viruses helped create complex life. Named ushikuvirus, it infects amoebae and shows unique traits that connect different ...

TRISO fuel pebbles, similar to those pictured here, will be used in Kairos Power's novelfluoride salt-cooled high-temperature demonstration reactor ...

ORNL is committed to supporting U.S. energy needs by pursuing strategic research that advances a wide variety of affordable, abundant and competitive nuclear technologies, and strengthens national ...

Scientists saw a quark plowing through primordial plasma for the first time, offering a rare look at the first moments after ...

The surge in demand for data centers and nuclear power to keep them running is stressing the global uranium supply, raising concerns about a potential shortage of fuel for reactors. World uranium ...