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Nature Built a Nuclear Reactor 2 Billion Years Ago — Here’s How It Worked
That was the thought racing through physicist Francis Perrin’s mind in May 1972. He was examining a dark piece of uranium ore ...
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Nuclear scientists discover new isotopes that cause fission to turn asymmetric
An international collaboration of scientists working with the FAIR Phase 0 program at the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für ...
Successful experiments uncover new island of asymmetric fission
An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear ...
A nuclear fusion power plant prototype is already being built outside Boston. How long until unlimited clean energy is real?
In an unassuming industrial park 30 miles outside Boston, engineers are building a futuristic machine to replicate the energy that powers the stars. If all goes to plan, it could be the key to ...
Switchable singlet fission: pH triggers molecules to split or emit light for sensors
An international team of researchers has successfully controlled the flow of energy in a molecule with the help of its pH ...
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Successful experiments at GSI/FAIR uncover new island of asymmetric fission
An international team of scientists has identified an unexpected region of heavy, neutron-deficient isotopes in the nuclear chart where nuclear fission is predominantly governed by an asymmetric mode.