The ozone layer has been on track to recover thanks to the Montreal Protocol—but a loophole may be holding it back. Chemicals ...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.

When laser flashes hit matter, electrons are knocked off their orbits around the atomic nuclei. This can generate extremely ...

While earning her dual master's degrees in aeronautics and astronautics and public policy, Carissma McGee SM '25 learned to ...

The Model 812 is loaded with 3 source tubes with a maximum of 7,500 curies of Cobalt-60 per tube up to a total of 22,500 curies. The system boasts a maximum dose rate of 2.4Mrad/hour (23,500 Gy/Hour) ...

MIT.nano has announced that 16 startups became active participants in its START.nano program in 2025, more than doubling the ...

Unlike conventional strikes aimed at destroying nuclear facilities, this proposal involves a ground-based “extraction” ...

PPPL is leading new diagnostics campaigns on France’s WEST and Japan’s JT‑60SA tokamaks to probe ultrahot plasmas, manage ...

New research suggests that neutrinos in the early universe may have transformed into a previously unknown form of radiation. A study from Washington University in St. Louis offers a new way to explain ...

When a reactor’s radioactive core undergoes nuclear fission, its atoms split and release heat, which then turns the water to steam. That steam rushes through the machine at high pressure, spinning ...

In 1952, Henrietta Swope arrived at the Carnegie Observatories, carrying a reputation for extraordinary precision and a quiet determination to push the boundaries of what was known about the universe.