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Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 Reaches Zero‑Power Fueled Criticality

The DOE‑approved milestone marks a shift from physics proofs to integrated power testing that could speed advanced reactor demonstrations.

Two Teams Report Working Thorium‑229 Nuclear Clocks

First Working Nuclear Clock Built Using Thorium-229

Antares Mark‑0 Microreactor Reaches Criticality at Idaho National Laboratory

Antares Mark‑0 Reaches Zero‑Power Criticality at Idaho National Lab

Google Breaks Ground on Meitner Energy Center in Texas Panhandle

Thea Energy Raises $100 Million to Scale Magnet Production and Build Demonstrator

Antarctic Ice Points to Supernova Dust Riding the Local Interstellar Cloud

Antarctic Ice Points to Solar System Crossing a Supernova‑Tainted Interstellar Cloud

First Nuclear-Explosion Clathrate Found in Trinity Test Glass

Antarctic Ice Links Supernova Dust to the Solar System’s Passage Through a Nearby Cloud

Antarctic Ice Cores Reveal Supernova Dust Tracing 80,000 Years of the Solar System’s Route

Researchers Identify New Clathrate Crystal in Trinity Test Glass

Scientists Confirm New Clathrate Crystal Forged in 1945 Trinity Blast

Gravitational-Wave Study Says the Biggest Black Holes Grow Through Repeat Mergers

Air Force Picks Antares, Radiant and Westinghouse for On-Base Microreactor Pilots

FBI Opens Probe Into U.S. Scientist Deaths and Disappearances as Congress Flags Security Risk

Nobel Physicist David Gross Puts Nuclear-War Risk at 2% a Year, Points to 35-Year Outlook

Breakthrough Prizes Honor Muon Precision and Gene‑Therapy Milestones

Oklo Rallies as CEO Backs 2028 Space‑Nuclear Timeline After White House Push