For the first time, a research team from the University of Cologne has observed the electron capture decay of technetium-98, ...

In fusion, hydrogen isotopes are heated to extremely high temperatures until they form plasma – superheated, electrically ...

If you want to work with radioactive material, a cheap Geiger counter isn’t really what you want. According to [Project 326], ...

Scientist and physicist Ernest Rutherford, known as “the father of nuclear physics”, was the most respected Kiwi of his day.

Julie Roche, professor of physics at Ohio University, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), ...

Nuclear chemists and nuclear physicists at the University of Cologne provide experimental proof of a long-suspected atomic decay pathway. The article ...

For the first time, by studying quantum correlations between triplets of secondary particles created during high-energy collisions in the LHC accelerator, it has been possible to observe their ...

CX1 was the first ever cosmic object studied from the discovery to its disintegration into fragments in the atmosphere.

Rutherford's life and his work has been diligently chronicled in a new book by Kiwi author Matthew Wright called Ernest ...

From the lantern shortage of 1943 to the recruitment of women codebreakers from the Seven Sisters, learn how World War II ...

The US has not conducted nuclear weapons testing for 33 years. Now Donald Trump is calling for a resumption, raising concerns about what that may involve.

Data from the Webb Space Telescope may hold evidence of ancient "dark stars," which would've been powered by dark matter, not nuclear fusion.