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nuclear physics

[noo-klee-er fiz-iks, nyoo-] / ˈnu kli ər ˈfɪz ɪks, ˈnyu- /


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This holds the same profound implications for defense and intelligence today as nuclear physics did 80 years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Pearcey, who has doctorate in nuclear physics, has been a prominent local campaigner.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

It’s going from social media and crypto into nuclear physics.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

While in the Navy, Carter took graduate courses in nuclear physics and served as a submariner on the USS Pomfret.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2024

In part this new skepticism reflected the superior technical knowledge of his official overseers, who now included trained physicists with knowledge of nuclear physics that equaled or even exceeded his own.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik



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