What’s the difference between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion? Both are nuclear processes, in that they involve nuclear forces to change the nucleus of atoms. Chemical processes on the other hand ...

From gigantic planets and stars to tiny cells, all matter in our universe is made of building blocks called atoms. In scientific terms, the energy released from the core or the nucleus of an atom ...

Japan has taken a major step toward revolutionizing energy production with the launch of the JT-60SA reactor, the world’s ...

Energy obtained from fusion and fission reactions is based on differences in the nuclear binding energy. The mass of the products of a fusion reaction is smaller than the mass of its reactants. The ...

The clean energy source we’ve been pursuing for decades is advancing with 200,000 “plasma shots” at General Atomics in San ...