From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are ...

A look at frequently asked questions about radon and what Ohioans can do to protect themselves from the toxic gas.

Whether a nuclear renaissance actually occurs in the coming decade or two depends on three fundamental questions: Are the new ...

Nuclear waste has become a kind of cultural shorthand for everything people fear about atomic power, from glowing green sludge to warnings that we are burdening distant descendants with our mistakes.

Darleane Hoffman, an Iowa State University graduate, went on to become a renowned nuclear chemist before passing away at 98.

Vivek Komaragiri, principal technologist at Industrial Physics, explores why the industry’s reliance on nuclear gauges is becoming untenable and how modern optical measurement systems are reshaping ...

The concrete and steel shell built to contain the ruins of Chornobyl’s reactor 4 was supposed to be the final word in sealing ...

A lot of '80s horror films stumble into camp without meaning to. C.H.U.D. walks right up to it, shakes its hand, and then pulls it into a damp tunnel. Yes, the effects are rubbery and ridiculous in ...

For more than a decade, a set of tiny lead books from Jordan has sat in a strange place between wonder and doubt. Some people ...

Layers of rock can tell the story of life on Earth, but only if you know when each chapter was written. For many dinosaur sites, that date has been little more than a rough guess.

Japan's government continues to avoid confronting the difficult reality of nuclear power. But this doesn't mean the myths of inherent safety and absolute necessity of reactors can go on forever.

New calculation of viral spread based on branching process theory suggests that rapid elimination of SARS-CoV-2-like viruses ...