After the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited a significant nuclear stockpile. Despite having these nuclear weapons, Ukraine relinquished them due to financial burdens and geopolitical risks.

What if the United States decided to fold up its nuclear umbrella over Europe? In its wake, Europe could either experience increased Russian aggression, potentially threatening the very existence of ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Researchers have combined theory and experiments to show that nuclear polarization does not limit studies of muonic atoms, clearing the way for new nuclear physics ...

The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) is a tool for communicating the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events to the public. Member States use INES on a ...

Russia is still escalating its nuclear threats as the war in Ukraine goes on. If a nuclear bomb were headed toward the US, residents would have fewer than 30 minutes to prepare. Actions ...

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And given that Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly threatened the use of nuclear weapons since he launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the prospect of Washington abdicating its ...

The researchers are confident that the battery could power implantable devices like pacemakers or brain-computer interfaces permanently.

According to the U.S. Air Force, the bomb didn’t contain the plutonium core necessary for a nuclear detonation. This was the first loss of a nuclear weapon in history. On April 11, 1950 ...

Low-density nuclear matter, found in neutron star crusts, transitions from neutron-rich nuclei to a uniform liquid of neutrons and protons. The authors present a neural network-based variational ...