A RIKEN study shows that squeezing the right amount of potassium ions between the atomic layers of molybdenum disulfide can ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

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Researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Lehigh University have developed a groundbreaking nanostructured ...

Spectroscopy is a key tool for identifying chemical compounds and analyzing molecular structures. Learn how to read and ...

The Atomic Bomb Dome, also known as the Genbaku Dome, stands as a haunting yet powerful reminder of the devastation wrought ...

More than 75 years after its initial discovery, scientists have created an organometallic molecule containing the ...

The award of £20,000 is given to writers aged 39 and younger with "exceptional" talent. It will be transferred to another service on the island, the charity behind it says. Three women who do not ...

Channel-hoppers may recall the 1994 Hollywood action comedy True Lies, in which Islamist jihadists purloined nuclear warheads stolen in Kazakhstan (a state which has actually decommissioned its ...

NPL's atomic clock, alongside clocks from around 80 labs worldwide, helps set Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), the official global time standard To pinpoint our exact location, we need to know ...