The original Atomic Energy Act of 1946 provided that, besides being used for weapons, “the development and utilization of atomic energy shall, so far as practicable, be directed toward improving the ...

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This four-part series explores the history of science fiction in the atomic age. It looks at the creation of the atomic bomb by Robert Oppenheimer and others, the Cold War, and the many varieties of ...

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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 ...

For the first time, an international team of physicists has successfully harnessed a rare orbital transition in atoms of ...

Werner Heisenberg, one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century, played a central role in Germany’s atomic bomb program during WWII. But a scientific mistake he made effectively derailed Germany ...

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