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To investigate how these materials respond to light, graduate student Mansha Dubey directed laser light onto perovskite crystals and monitored how their atomic structure shifted using X-ray measurements.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The show examines the environmental and human cost of the atomic era through an artistic lens, tracing present day nuclear risk back to its Cold War roots.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

In 1943 the Quebec Agreement formalized a collaboration between British and American scientists who would build the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

The United States ended World War II by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the only use of nuclear weapons in history.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Hanako had no idea how this would protect anyone from a bomb, especially an atomic bomb like the one that had destroyed Hiroshima.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata