Historically, nuclear power systems have been approximately 97% identical to coal power plants, with the primary difference being the heat source, which is the energy required to convert water into ...

An experiment that scattered high-energy electrons from helium-3 and tritium nuclei has provided the first evidence for three-nucleon short-range correlations. The data were taken in 2018 at Jefferson ...

What does it take to keep a healthy robot alive and thriving on Mars for more than ten years? For the NASA Curiosity rover, it is a mix of excellent engineering, unrelenting evolution, and a healthy ...

Excavated implements suggest a Homo species arrived on Sulawesi over 1 million years ago, before a nearby island hosted hobbit ancestors.

This early prototype was just 10 cm wide, but Lawrence’s innovation was so impactful that it earned him the 1939 Nobel Prize ...

Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical ...

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New research reveals that cosmic rays may power life deep underground on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus by breaking water into ...