India's future isn't just being shaped by highways, airports, or renewable energy—it may also depend on a silent fuel buried ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yellowcake is a concentrated form of mined and processed uranium. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, CC BY When most people hear the ...

Not that anyone asked, but uranium enrichment is certainly a newsworthy topic where a little science might be helpful. Here's how it's done. Plus, at no extra charge and for no good reason, a ...

It's generally well known that uranium is used to make fuel for nuclear reactors. In its natural form, uranium contains more than 99.3% of the isotope uranium-238 (U-238), which takes billions of ...

For the US to reach a deal with Iran or to end its war in the country, President Trump has said he wants Iran to surrender its “enriched” uranium. “We want no enrichment, but we also want the enriched ...

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 23: U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House May 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump signed executive orders ...

Late last week, Israel targeted three of Iran's key nuclear facilities—Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, killing several Iranian nuclear scientists. The facilities are heavily fortified and largely ...

For decades, families in communities around Johannesburg have been living close to huge gold mining waste dumps. For many residents the dust that is released there is just part of everyday life – but ...

Artistic impression of the interaction of uranium with the freshwater diatom Achnanthidium saprophilum. Such diatoms can be the entry point for the accumulation of pollutants - for example ...

When most people hear the word uranium, they think of mushroom clouds, Cold War standoffs or the glowing green rods from science fiction. But uranium isn’t just fuel for apocalyptic fears. It’s also a ...