In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically ...

Scientists across the country are expressing alarm as the Trump administration dismantles another tool for understanding how the planet is changing. More than 900 deep-sea ocean sensors will be pulled ...

Antares Nuclear Inc.’s Mark-0—a sodium heat-pipe-cooled microreactor fueled by high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel compacts—has achieved zero-power ...

Remote patient monitoring was supposed to make healthcare easier. Patients with chronic illnesses could stay home while devices quietly tracked blood pressure, glucose levels, oxygen saturation and ...

The shipbuilding subsidiary of South Korea's HD Hyundai has been selected as preferred manufacturer for TerraPower's Natrium Reactor Enclosure System components, one of a series of agreements aimed at ...

The reboot highlights a dire problem for the country's nuclear program. Japan is running out of space to store spent nuclear ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Last August U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who at the time was also the acting administrator of NASA, ...

For many patients, taking a controlled medication feels like any ordinary medical decision. You're prescribed something for sleep, anxiety, ADHD, or pain. You're counseled on risks and side effects.

When Houston fugitive Lee Gilley ditched his ankle monitor and fled the U.S. for Italy, his GPS device did what it was supposed to do: signal that he had tampered with it. After that, little happened ...

Public and private investment is accelerating reactor deployment, rebuilding the domestic fuel supply chain, and laying the foundation for a long-awaited American nuclear renaissance. The Reactor ...

as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to accelerate the rollout of new reactors. The Department of Energy has selected Oklo Inc. and four other firms for advanced negotiations to participate ...