Perfect perovskite crystals detect gamma rays
Radiation detectors based on large high-quality CsPbBr3 crystals provide high performance at low cost
U.S. physicists rally around ambitious plan to build fusion power plant
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences and Associate Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Carolyn Kuranz discusses a 10-year plan that includes the entire U.S. fusion community.
New Semiconductor Detector Shows Promise For Medical Diagnostics And Homeland Security
Security officials are tasked with preventing criminals from smuggling dangerous materials into a country, and detecting nuclear substances has been difficult and costly. Now Northwestern University researchers have developed new devices based on a low-cost material to aid in the detection and identification of radioactive isotopes.
Giant lasers help re-create supernovas’ explosive, mysterious physics
“The iron in our blood comes from supernovae,” says plasma physicist Carolyn Kuranz of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, who also studies supernovas in the laboratory. “We’re literally created from stars.”
‘Supernova slice’ simulates blasts of dying stars
Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences Carolyn Kuranz explains how a “supernova pizza” model can help us get a better understanding of how dying stars explode.
DTE Gas announces plan to go ‘net zero’ by 2050; activists skeptical
Todd Allen, the Glenn F and Gladys H Knoll Department Chair of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, is quoted in Planet Detroit.
An affordable zero-emissions grid needs new nuclear
In an op-ed, Todd Allen, the Glenn F and Gladys H Knoll Department Chair of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, explains nuclear energy’s role in the 21st century.
An affordable zero-emissions grid needs new nuclear
Cheap electricity from nuclear energy can provide flexibility that complements wind and solar power, making it easier to afford a zero-emissions grid.
Going Nuclear on Climate Change? Foreign Affairs Asks the Experts
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces regarding climate change. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take.