Nuclear science isn't an easy thing, particularly building a working reactor, but there are a small handful of adolescents ...

Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple ...

Billions of dollars in venture capital and state investments have recently been poured into efforts to finally make nuclear ...

There are a surprising number of experiments an amateur nuclear physicist can perform, from making a Geiger counter to fusing hydrogen atoms in a fusor. One project which we haven’t seen before is ...

At an age when most teenagers are focused on schoolwork and video games, Taylor Wilson was attempting something that even advanced laboratories struggle to achieve. Working from his parents’ garage in ...

The new era of nuclear power generation greater than the force of the Sun has arrived and is ready for deployment. For the first-time ever, a sustained synthetic quasar has been born on Earth to ...

At eight years old, Aiden McMillan started reading about nuclear physics. He wasn’t doing it for school. He was just interested. For the next two years, he didn’t touch a single piece of equipment. He ...

Most American automakers have abandoned sedans in recent years, but it looks like those are coming back in a big way soon. American automakers are reconsidering their stance on mainstream sedans.

Art for art’s sake is a noble idea, but even poets have to buy groceries. The difficult practicalities of the creative life are the subject of Mason Currey’s lively, engaging “Making Art and Making a ...

A seventh-grader in Dallas successfully built a working nuclear fusion device in his family home after four years of after-school work. Aiden McMillan, age 12, confirmed the achievement when his ...

A new generation of young innovators is taking on one of the world's biggest challenges: creating cleaner, more abundant energy. In late 2025, Texas teen Aidan McMillan made headlines for achieving ...