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What Is Nuclear Energy and How Does Nuclear Power Work?
Nuclear power generates heat from fission, the splitting of heavy atomic nuclei such as uranium. A power plant uses that heat to make steam and drive a turbine-generator…
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What Is Quantum Physics?
Quantum physics describes matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales, where probabilities, quantization, superposition, and wave behavior become essential.
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The biggest 'atomic bombs' in the universe
A supernova is an explosion that releases so much energy and brightness that it outshines entire galaxies containing several hundred billion stars.
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The element of the sun god is giving scientists a headache
Helium is a simple element on the periodic table, named after the sun god. Yet modern theory and experiments on it have produced puzzlingly different results.
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Origin of names of chemical elements
Each chemical element has its own name and symbol for easy identification.
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Rare Element Plutonium - What Do You Know About It?
It is element 94 on the periodic table (Pu) and is one of the most dangerous elements on Earth.
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Top 7 works that changed the world of Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (1879-1955) was one of the most famous scientists of all time, to the point that his name has become almost synonymous with the phrase
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How does an atomic bomb work?
Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated more than 2,000 times as tests and displays of military power.
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Rare photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb tragedy, 78 years later, still haunting
The world's first two atomic bombs dropped by the US military on Japanese cities created an unprecedented tragedy.
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Why is gold the most malleable metal?
The structure and way its atoms bond together makes gold so flexible that it can be rolled 400 times thinner than a human hair.
Doomsday
The dangers that Einstein, Hawking and NASA predicted about the end of the world are all present.
There is a lot of interest in the topic of how long humans can survive on Earth. People have pondered the prospect of the end of the world.
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The first quantum gravity meter appears, revealing the secret map of the underground world!
The quantum gravimeter, a device capable of revealing the secrets of the underground world, has finally appeared on the stage of human science.
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If a nuclear disaster occurs, where is the safest place to take shelter?
A scientific study offers advice in the event of a nuclear disaster, including the worst places to take shelter.
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Nobel Peace Prize 2024 honors organization calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Japan's campaign to abolish nuclear weapons.
Environment
Storms can 'explode' like 666 atomic bombs every 20 minutes, nothing can stop them
According to BI, even the Tsar Bomba (50 megaton yield) - the world's largest nuclear bomb ever detonated by Russia - could not stop the storm.