Atoms in crystalline solids sometimes vibrate in unison, giving rise to emergent phenomena known as phonons. Because these collective vibrations set the pace for how heat and energy move through ...

The future of computing lies in the surprising world of quantum physics, where the rules are much different from the ones that power today's devices. Quantum computers promise to tackle problems too ...

Scientists are closer to creating a quantum spin liquid, a state where electron spins stay dynamic even at near absolute zero, key for future quantum computing. (Nanowerk News) The future of computing ...

According to Interesting Engineering, the China Institute of Atomic Energy successfully ran its initial assessment of a brand-new type of passive residual heat removal technology, "which uses a fast ...

A research team at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) has engineered a stretchable, printable light-emitting membrane that may transform photonic device design. The new material is ...

Politicians who push small reactors raise false hopes that splitting atoms can make a real dent in the climate crisis.

Scientists are making significant progress in quantum physics, developing new ways to study quantum phenomena that could lead to virtually limitless energy and revolutionize computing.

One of the only scientists in the world using a nuclear X-ray process to study deadly nanoparticles in wildfire smoke, Spada is alarmed by what he found.

The Fuel Division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has manufactured and accepted a unique OS-5 fuel assembly based on mixed nitride uranium-plutonium nuclear fuel with a liquid metal ...

Rosatom’s TVEL has created OS-5 nitride fuel with liquid metal sublayer, boosting safety, efficiency, and burnup for future fast neutron reactors.