80 years after the Trinity nuclear test, scientists identify new molecule-trapping crystal formed in the blast

Matter behaves strangely under extreme conditions, and often, remnants of these behaviors are left behind even when ...

40 Years After Explosion, Chernobyl Site Faces New Threats From Russia

Forty years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, officials are grappling with the impact of a 2025 Russian drone strike that set back decades of efforts to contain it. Ukrainian officials said the ...

Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet ...

More countries are turning to nuclear power 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.

40 years after families survived the Chernobyl accident, they face war

Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the plant was in the USSR, it is part of northern ...

Desert, Secrecy and a Smiling Buddha: How India Secretly Became a Nuclear Power Twice

From Pokhran in 1974 to the tests of 1998, India’s nuclear journey unfolded through secrecy, sanctions, and strategic risk, ...
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Supersonic airliners, ozone, and wildfire smoke: Origins of the nuclear winter theory

When atmospheric chemists Paul Crutzen and John Birks added smoke into their computer models of nuclear war scenarios, they ...