Ms. Niwata carefully revives the monochrome photos as she spreads the hope of peace in a nuclear weapons-free world. The UN Secretary-General warned that a new arms race is picking up speed and ...

Photo: Atomic bomb test explosion in Alamagordo, New Mexico, July 16, 1945. AP/Wide World Photos In 1932, James Chadwick discovered the neutron, a small atomic particle with mass but no charge.

After nearly 4 decades, the US resumes domestic TNT production to support the Army's bombs, grenades, and artillery shells.

On July 16, 1945, the U.S. conducted the world's first nuclear bomb test in the New Mexico desert as part of the Manhattan Project, which led to the detonations of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ...

At 8.15am on August 6, when the atomic bomb hit, many staff were inside the hospital—his pep talk had saved lives.

China urged the U.S. to adopt the policy of "no-first-use of nuclear weapons" and to abandon its nuclear umbrella to its allies. The Worker's Party of Korea has lauded Kim Jong Un's regime as a ...

For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers ...

In 1942, the Manhattan Project needed to create a chain reaction—a crucial step toward proving that it would be possible to make an atomic bomb. The scientists achieved ... Moore said he intended to ...

Leaders of the group of atomic bomb survivors awarded the Nobel Peace Prize warned on Saturday that the risk of nuclear war was rising, renewing their call to abolish nuclear weapons. "The ...

Image Credit: Public Domain, Jim Peaco The basic concept of nuclear winter is simple. In a large nuclear conflict, where nuclear weapons are used in strategic strikes against urban and industrial ...

Iran long has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though the IAEA, Western intelligence agencies and others say Tehran had an active weapons program ... have been no images of damage so ...

A-Bomb Survivors Use Nobel Peace Prize to Share Anti-Nuke Message With the Young TOKYO (AP) — The recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors ...