Mireille Messier from Toronto asks

What's smaller, a quark or a neutrino?

Sam Thomas from Kallaroo WA , Australia asks

If splitting the atom can create a huge amount of energy, then why isn't it used to power engines...

Michal Jaworski from Calgary asks

When a nuclear particle radiates either an Alpha, Beta or Gamma praticle can that process be...

David from Montreal asks

Is my counting right?: There are 76 elementary particles in the standard model: 6 leptons + 6...

Carl Hinton from Northampton asks

I was taught at school that the building blocks of all matter were quarks, yet a neutrino is at...

Gord Vance from Ottawa asks

Could Uranium 238 be used in conjunction with photovoltaic cells in order to create a viable power...

James Hope from Gloucester asks

Last year in school we learned about nuclear decay, and how some atoms decay by releasing gamma...

Chris Chase from Harrisburg asks

Has anyone ever weighed nuclear reactions in reactors to see if the reactor weighs more while...

Don Auld from Vancouver asks

In the CANDU nuclear reactor, what initiates the fission process? I understand that the U235 in the...

Guy from Vancouver asks

Why did Canada pull out of the ITER fusion project, and what, if any, research is Canada...

Will McAbee from Pendlton asks

How does a atom split and how does it create such a big explosion? Also how can I split an atom at...

Darrin asks

If light is made of photons, and photons have mass, and many photons of light are hitting the earth...

peel from the Internet asks

What would happen if the nucleus of an atom contained too many or too few neutrons, or even none? ...

James Hope from Gloucester asks

I have a physics paper here (don't worry i am not asking you for the answers!) that says each U-235...

Darrin asks

Why does an atom have neutrons and why does a specific atom have a limited amount of isotopes. For...

Robert Steinhaus from Castro Valley asks

Can a fast breeder reactor like the famous Candu series of Canadian designed fast reactors be...

Ron Belmont asks

How do you calculate potential energy for an object which is sitting on the floor? PE=mgh, which...

Luke asks

A question about tri-coil atomic fusion/fision... If one used positive and negative ionized plasma,...

Thomas from Middlesbrough, Australia asks

How many times can you split up an atom?

Ryan from Qualicum Beach asks

Why don't some countries like Canada reprocess spent uranium into plutonium?