U.S. Department of Energy announced a major breakthrough on December 13 in the quest to harness the power of nuclear fusion: Scientists at the government-run Lawrence Livermore National ...

Nuclear energy is among the most powerful energy sources in the world, but it's also one of the most controversial. At ExtremeTech, we'll show you how it works without bias.

Not only does nuclear fission provide the majority of the electricity that powers our homes, but it has also proved how destructive the power within the atom can be.

Nuclear fusion and plasma physics research are carried out in more than 50 countries, and recently researchers have finally achieved scientific energy gain in a fusion experiment for the first ...

Technically, a nuclear weapon can be made with as little as 20% uranium-235 (known as “highly enriched uranium”), but the more the uranium is enriched, the smaller and lighter the weapon can be.