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Nuclear weapons haven’t been tested in the United States since 1992. Find out why, and what could happen if the hiatus ends.

Physics and reality are taking their revenge. And New Yorkers are paying the price. On Thursday, the Public Service Commission approved Con Ed’s request for a rate hike that will result in an ...

A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone ...

Reality about green energy and concerns over affordability have led Democratic governors like New York’s Kathy Hochul and New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill to reconsider nuclear energy. Great. But it won’t ...

A new chart for highly charged ions (HCIs) has been proposed, aiming to replicate the conventional periodic table’s ...

A nuclear engineer reacts to a fascinating thought experiment from XKCD asking what would happen if Earth’s oceans were teleported to Mars. We break down the physics, energy requirements, planetary ...

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By ...

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly. Scientists are developing detectors so sensitive they can spot particle ...

One of the world's most sophisticated scientific facilities is turning to ultra-low temperatures to try and unravel hidden ...

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., used her powerful position in Congress to help Tri-Cities science, environmental and historical projects.

Hendrik Verweij, who was for many years a driving force in the development of electronics for high-energy physics, passed ...