Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

An error by one of the world's greatest scientists derailed Germany's effort to build an atomic bomb during WWII.

Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo ... Fermi won the Nobel Prize for his work in 1938. He was a committed antifascist and when he and his wife left Italy for the Nobel ceremony ...

(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Aftermath of the August 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb blast in Hiroshima ... We urge that you accept these consequences and begin the work of building a new, better and peace-loving Japan.

The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history. The race to beat the Nazis and stolen secrets. Show more The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the ...

Japan's aging atomic bomb survivors, known as hibakusha, continue to work for a nuclear weapons-free world. They hope the treaty will come into force by next year. In his peace declaration this ...