Their work to achieve the first nuclear reaction in 1942 marked the start of the Atomic Age, and it would change everything—from energy to medicine to the geopolitical landscape. In the 1930s, ...

The scientists achieved this sustained nuclear reaction, the first created by humans, on Dec. 2, 1942, in a squash court under the stands of Stagg Field at the University of Chicago. Nicknamed ...

In a bid to revolutionize fields such as clean energy research, environmental monitoring, and medicine, the staff and ...

How do doses and risk from nuclear medicine compare to X rays? Most diagnostic investigations in nuclear medicine expose the patient to a small dose of radiation similar to that received in an X-ray. ...