A "fast reactor" is a type of nuclear reactor that uses fast neutrons to sustain a chain reaction, while a "breeder reactor" is a specific design of fast reactor that produces more fissile fuel (like ...

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MIT physicist 'Riccardo Comin' successfully mapped an electron’s shape in motion, unlocking breakthroughs in quantum physics, ...

Our estimates of the size of a neutrino span from smaller than an atomic nucleus to as large as a few metres, but now we are ...

Scientists have been left baffled after discovering something vast and radioactive lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean ...

The international team also used the data to get direct information about the deformation of the atomic nucleus in ytterbium ...

An international team of physicists has successfully measured the size of a certain type of neutrino to a certain degree. In ...

Three-nucleon force affects nuclear stability, impacting element formation and stellar evolution. The force increases energy ...

The current idea is to vitrify the plutonium – bake it into a ceramic glass, like material – and bury it 1000 metres below in a geological disposal facility (GDF). However, the UK currently possesses ...

When world-leading teams join forces, new findings are bound to be made. This is what happened when quantum physicists from ...

For almost a century, measurements have indicated that a significant proportion of matter in the universe consists of unknown ...

Greg Piefer is a UW-Madison College of Engineering product who is bullish about fusion uses today while urging patience over ...