Saudi-US nuclear deal sparks fear of arms race across the Middle East

For two decades, oil-rich Saudi Arabia has sought nuclear technology. Now an agreement with Washington to formalize Riyadh’s ...

Trinity at 81: How the first atomic test ushered in the nuclear age

In 1945, the Trinity test signified the beginning of the nuclear age and marked the successful output of the Manhattan ...
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Measurement of nuclear reactions at record-low energies opens new pathways for astrophysics research

An international research team has achieved an important milestone for astrophysics at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt: In the CRYRING@ESR storage ring, scientists were able to measure nuclear reactions at ...
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This nuclear bomb leaves cities standing but kills everyone inside

During the late 1970s, the United States developed a nuclear weapon designed not to flatten cities but to kill the people inside them. The neutron bomb, formally known as an enhanced radiation weapon, ...