J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, had two children with his wife. Some of his grandchildren continue to ...

For the first time ever, scientists have unveiled a revolutionary diamond battery that offers long-lasting power while ...

Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

Developed in an innovation partnership between UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and University of Bristol, this battery uses carbon-14-a radioactive isotope of carbon with a long half-life of 5,700 ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A building at Y-12 that helped create the first atomic bombs is being demolished. Building 9201-2, also known as Alpha-2, is a 2.5-acre structure was built in 1944 to ...

it has been possible for the first time to reproduce the behavior of atomic nuclei so far explained solely by nucleonic ...

A team of researchers led by Susan Hafenstein, PhD, Professor and CryoEM Director at The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, recently published a paper entitled "Infectious parvovirus B19 ...

KNOWLEDGE of first-aid measures for casualties resulting from atomic bombing is based largely on the results of the two bombs dropped at Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The limitations of this experience ...