fission
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In one scenario, a rapidly spinning massive star explodes and splits into two smaller neutron stars through a process called fission.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
The findings could also encourage further research combining singlet fission and metal complexes, with potential uses not only in solar energy but also in LEDs and emerging quantum technologies.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026
Today, all of the world’s nuclear energy is generated from fission, the process of splitting the nucleus of an atom.
From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025
As part of its energy surge, China has pushed rapid investment into the only technology that currently can decarbonize the planet at scale: nuclear fission and fusion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
As befit the man who had challenged Ernest Rutherford’s disparagement of atomic power as “moonshine” back in 1933, Ernest Lawrence’s first instinct was to take the news of fission as vindication.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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