Learn more here. In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved this sustained ...

Fermi's task, however, was to create a controlled nuclear reaction; that is, to split the atom without creating a deadly explosion. Theoretically, it was possible. During fission, a fast-moving ...

Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for a process that had previously only been theorised. The study, led by the ...