Wylfa is one of two Magnox nuclear power stations to benefit from an extended lifespan after Bristol research helped show they could remain operational without compromising safety, generating a ...

Can copper be turned into gold? For centuries, alchemists pursued this dream, unaware that such a transformation requires a ...

Wylfa is one of two Magnox nuclear power stations to benefit from an extended lifespan after Bristol research helped show they could remain operational without compromising safety, generating a ...

The Celtic League NGO has queried the impact on the marine environment of the British government’s decision to extend the ...

The graphite bricks make up the channels where control rods are inserted to shut down the nuclear reaction in the event of an emergency. The operator has been modelling whether the integrity of ...

Scientists built Chicago Pile 1, the world’s first nuclear reactor, layer by layer beneath the University of Chicago’s Stagg Field. In this photo, the layer shows graphite bricks with small ...

Like graphite, nature produces many other materials with weakly bonded layers," Stern explains. "Each layer behaves like a ...