Nuclear weapons testing left a faint radioactive signature across every ocean on Earth, and Scottish researchers just ...

New scientific research has used traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing found in standard sperm whales and killer whales teeth.

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Understanding the nuances of nuclear fallout—whether from a nuclear weapon or accident—could help save countless lives. A new study from scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have ...

In July 1946, at the remote Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the United States conducted two of the earliest nuclear explosion tests. Codenamed Operation Crossroads, the project aimed to study ...

In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of energy heats the surrounding air and materials. Everything in the vicinity is ...

“We can replace assumptions with measurements, improve the models used to interpret nuclear debris, and support decision-making when it matters most.” Reading time 2 minutes In the aftermath of ...

Nevada - Frenchman's Flat - Members of 11th AB Div. kneel on the ground to watch an atomic bomb test in 1951. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images) It’s the ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recreated part of the intense chaos inside a nuclear fireball to better understand how radioactive fallout forms. Their experiments revealed that ...