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Researchers from the University of Michigan and Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan succeeded by developing a new theory based on detailed atomic simulations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

Pyongyang’s recent advances drew a stern warning this week from Rafael Grossi, the United Nations’ atomic chief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But the often-loathsome characters in this irresistible eight-part series—which portrays data-mining the way “Dr. Strangelove” portrayed the atomic bomb—are weak, damaged, in the wrong jobs, or the wrong marriages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The chief of the UN nuclear watchdog said attacks near Iran's Bushehr atomic power plant "pose a very real danger to nuclear safety and must stop".

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Einstein’s next idea was one of the greatest that anyone has ever had–indeed, the very greatest according to Boorse, Motz, and Weaver in their thoughtful history of atomic science.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson