Uranium stocks are soaring as Japan signals openness to more nuclear...
Uranium stocks are soaring as countries signal more openness towards the alternative energy source.Belgium recently extended the operating timeline of two of its nuclear power plants amid a global energy crunch.Elon Musk applauded the growing friendliness towards nuclear power on Sunday, tweeting "wise actions." Loading Something is loading. Uranium stocks are on the move as…
A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may...
A Native American community neighboring the only operating uranium mill in the U.S. is hoping a new study will answer longstanding questions about whether it is affecting their health. Members of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe living in White Mesa, Utah, say they have seen an alarming increase in health problems in recent years. "I…
The Look For Lost Nazi Uranium
The cube has voids from bubbles, signs of a rough casting process common in early uranium processing. John T. Consoli/University of Maryland Two physicists are hunting more than 600 uranium cubes from Nazi Germany’s failed WWII nuclear program. In the chaotic final days of the war, some of the uranium cubes ended up on the…
Physicists Discover a Brand-New Type Of Magnet Concealing in a Uranium...
Iron filings clump around a ring magnet and its magnetic field. Credit: Lawrence Lawry/Getty Images Scientists have discovered a brand-new kind of magnet hiding out in a uranium compound. The compound, USb2 (a compound of uranium and antimony), a so-called "singlet-based" magnet, is novel in that it generates magnetism in an entirely different way than…
