MIT nuclear physicist Nuno F.G. Loureiro was shot at his Brookline home; investigators are searching for the gunman as colleagues and the community mourn.

The shooting death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his home near Boston is being investigated as a ...

A professor at the University of Cincinnati and his colleagues have figured out something two of America's most famous ...

In a first, researchers from the U.S. and Germany excite Thorium-229 in opaque material, advancing optical nuclear clocks.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro was a "brilliant" physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was shot and killed ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

The convergence of nuclear technology and artificial intelligence is no longer a far-off possibility, but rather an ...

New high-precision mass measurements of phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27 have clarified how nuclear reactions unfold during explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars (Artist’s concept). Credit: ...

The second installment of Casper College’s Community Learning Series, “Exploring Today’s Issues, Shaping Wyoming’s Tomorrow,” will tackle the topic of nuclear energy and its role in Wyoming’s economy.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has officially approved 13 new degree programmes across Nigerian universities. Here’s a breakdown of the courses and what they mean for students. If you ...

The new Oak Ridge Conference Center and the Recreation Center gym became the site Wednesday for the Atomic Education Summit, where hundreds of Oak Ridge students visited for a a day of interactive ...

The weak nuclear force doesn't play by the normal rules — and, in fact, it breaks one of the biggest rules of all. Back in the 1930s, physicists were doing experiments involving what they called "beta ...