Exotic hypothetical particles known as axions could be produced inside a nuclear reactor, something The Big Bang Theory’s ...

Particle and nuclear physics evokes evokes images of huge accelerators probing the extremes of matter. But in this round-up ...

Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

A fragment of waste found near the decommissioned experimental nuclear power facility in Dounreay in April was the most radioactive to be detected in the past three years, the Highland site's operator ...

THE US has dispatched a specialised “sniffer plane” to detect nuclear particles in the skies over North Korea. The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, a special-purpose US military plane, made an emergency ...

The US Air Force has flown a special WC-135 Constant Phoenix to RAF Mildenhall FEARS are mounting Vladimir Putin’s military have carried out a secret Arctic nuclear test after a huge spike in ...

Sensors normally used to detect nuclear weapons tests have picked up an unexplained rise in radiation coming from a region which includes the Russian city of St Petersburg. The increased levels were ...

A nuclear explosion creates a storm of charged particles similar to those emitted by the sun, with the added benefit (to scientists) of being created right near us. Researchers recently discovered ...

A UK consortium has developed technology for imaging space particles called muons, which can be used to identify and manage radioactive material containing uranium. Similar in structure and charge to ...

The global nuclear watchdog has found uranium particles enriched to 83.7% purity - very close to weapons grade - at Iran's underground Fordo site. In a report seen by the BBC, the International Atomic ...

Israel's prime minister said last year that 15kg of radioactive material was removed from a site in Turquzabad The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found uranium particles at a site in ...