For the first time, physicists have developed a model that explains the origins of unusually stable magic nuclei based ...

For more than a century, a single metal cylinder in a Paris vault quietly defined what a kilogram was. After 130 years, ...

UCLA scientists have characterized the structure and function of a key survival protein in breast cancer cells that helps explain how these tumors resist environmental stress and thrive in acidic, low ...

If you want to understand what makes Atomic such a unique and innovative force in the ski world, you have to go to where it all started. So, this past winter, that’s what we did. As part of its 70th ...

Though the country’s nuclear arsenal has undergone no explosive testing for decades, federal experts say it can reliably obliterate targets halfway around the globe. By William J. Broad President ...

With satellites orbiting the Earth exploding into tens of thousands of pieces, the danger of collisions with space debris is a major problem, so Atomic-6 has developed new Space Armor tiles that are ...

Plutonium has captured the attention of scientists since its discovery in the early 1940s. This enigmatic element has an important role to play in emerging energy technologies like nuclear batteries ...

This award-winning documentary reveals that U.S. officials suppressed--for decades--the most important footage shot in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (including by the U.S. Army) after the atomic bombings.

Looking out over the skyline of Hiroshima, 96-year-old Junji Sarashina points out places from his childhood. "That was my grade school. Not too far from here," he tells his granddaughter, showing her ...

Today, 35% of Americans believe dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified, according to a Pew Research Center poll. Photo from Caitlin James, UnSplash American public opinion ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — For more than half a century, chimes have rung out across the Japanese city of Hiroshima every morning at exactly 8:15. The solemn ritual marks the precise moment Aug. 6, 1945, when ...

The U.S. all-star football game in the atomic ruins of Nagasaki--and why it matters today The second atomic bomb blast over Nagasaki in August 1945 has become known as "the forgotten bomb." Less than ...