Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) has shown off the United States' latest nuclear weapon as full production begins seven ...

Editor in chief Nancy Shute traces the history of nuclear weapons, from the first sustained nuclear reaction in 1942 to the renewed interest in explosive tests today.

In fact, after live nuclear testing moved underground in the 1960s ... a highly radioactive environment - like the core of an atom bomb. Finally, the tour ended at one of the most top-secret ...

Scientists and engineers alike dreamed up wild schemes to dig new canals or blast humans into space with the mighty power of the atom ... moratoriums on nuclear testing came in to being in ...

On July 16, 1945, at exactly 5:29:45 a.m., the world entered the atomic age, with the successful testing of the most powerful weapon known to man. "Gadget," the first atomic bomb — a 6-foot ...

From there, Meitner and her nephew Otto Frisch proved that the uranium atom ... for testing. On July 13, 1945, at a site called Trinity 100 km northwest of Alamogordo, a plutonium bomb was ...

Consecutive earthquakes have raised questions about the possibility of Iran's nuclear program. However, the US and Israel are ...

“And the problem with a hydrogen car, if something goes wrong, it’s like the atom bomb went off,” he said. “You’re not recognizable. They'll say, ‘We thought it was Marjorie Taylor ...

But was this the end of something, or was it the beginning? We still cannot be sure. Dropping the atom bomb changed the world for ever and nobody thought about the consequences harder than its ...