Corrections and amplifications: This story has been updated to clarify the life expectancy of the new reflector plug, and that light water causes more neutrons to be absorbed than heavy water, rather ...

The telescope traced an incredibly bright gamma-ray burst to a kilonova, a dramatic event believed to forge heavy elements like gold. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

"This is the first time we've been able to verify that metals heavier than iron and silver were freshly made in front of us." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Nearly three years after the rapid unplanned disassembly of the Arecibo radio telescope, we finally have a culprit in the collapse: bad sockets. In case you somehow missed it, back in 2020 we started ...

The proposed CRP aims at providing a platform for collaborative research among research reactors of various sizes and accelerator-driven neutron sources from TC eligible and developed countries to ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 17, 2007 -- The research reactor at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever. After $70 million in renovations and more ...