For decades, nuclear physicists believed that "Islands of Inversion"—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure ...

Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPase) in action, ...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - A protective shield at the Chornobyl nuclear plant in war-torn Ukraine, built to contain radioactive ...

The mission found the NSC’s primary safety systems had failed but confirmed no lasting damage to its structures or monitoring ...

Atomic nuclei are often described as orderly systems. Certain numbers of protons or neutrons, called magic numbers, usually ...

The Europe-built multilayered confinement building completed in 2019 was designed to contain the radiation coming from the ...

A Russian drone strike in February 2025 severely damaged the New Safe Confinement at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear site. The ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that drone damage at the Chornobyl site has compromised the structure ...

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine ...

The court heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine the independence of agencies like the National Transportation ...

The damage stems from a drone reportedly carrying a high explosive warhead, which Ukrainian authorities stated struck the ...

United Nations experts are calling for urgent repairs to Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement, the structure built as an additional shield against radiation from the failed nuclear ...