Scientists have developed a powerful new way to trace the journey of water across the planet by reading tiny atomic clues hidden inside it. Slightly heavier versions of hydrogen and oxygen, called ...

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At the dawn of the nuclear age, scientists created the Doomsday Clock as a symbolic representation of how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, nearly eight decades later, the clock ...

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Scientists are still trying to understand the nuances of oxygen’s atomic behavior in water. A new study using an ultra-advanced laser successfully imaged an oxygen atom in water for the first time. To ...

Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The fate of some experiments hangs in the air. Lost Science Yuri Ralchenko led one of the oldest teams ...

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The new Oak Ridge Conference Center and the Recreation Center gym became the site Wednesday for the Atomic Education Summit, where hundreds of Oak Ridge students visited for a a day of interactive ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today opened the doors to its newly created Visitor Centre located in its laboratory facility in Seibersdorf, Austria, a first-of-its-kind space where ...