Hiroshima

TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked on Sunday the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern city, as the mayor called nuclear weapons “absolute evil,” denounced growing support for nuclear deterrence and called on the Japanese government to adhere to its three postwar non-nuclear principles. The anniversary coincided…

1 of 7 | On August 9, 1945, two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force participated in a mission to drop an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. A few days later, Japan surrendered and World War II was over. UPI File…

Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific, Crime & Justice, Headlines, Human Rights, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Opinion On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing, Hiroshima’s Peace Declaration and the U.N. secretary-general’s message set out two possible futures as the global nuclear order frays Young people…

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Scientists have identified a previously unknown metal alloy created during the atomic bomb explosion over Hiroshima in 1945. Researchers discovered the microscopic alloy inside tiny grains of radioactive fallout, known as "hiroshimaite," collected from beach sands in Hiroshima Bay nearly 80 years after the bombing. The team believes the alloy…

The Hiroshima atomic bombing created a bizarre new material. Scientists just discovered it The extreme conditions of atomic bomb explosions create “uncontrolled microexperiments” that, in Hiroshima, forged a never-before-seen metallic alloy By Mary Randolph edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier & Andrea Thompson An aerial photograph of Hiroshima, Japan, shortly after…

Armed Conflicts, Artificial Intelligence, Conferences, Europe, Global, Headlines, Human Rights, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, Peace, TerraViva United Nations Opinion A conceptual illustration of the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly at Castel Gandolfo, where Nobel laureates, AI experts, religious leaders and civil society representatives will confront the intertwined risks of artificial…

(Image credit: Thomas Vimare/Unsplash) The ocean soaked up more heat last year than in any year since modern measurements began around 1960, according to a new analysis published in Advances in Atmospheric Science . The world's oceans absorb more than 90% of excess heat trapped in Earth's atmosphere by greenhouse…

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.  Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The study—a collaboration involving more than 50 scientists…

Takahiro Masuda, a university student in Hiroshima majoring in bioinformatics, participated in the UNITAR SDGs and Digital Futures: Changemaking Through AI/Digital Storytelling training programme in 2025. For his final project in the programme, Takahiro developed an app that uses AI and extended reality (XR) technologies to allow viewers to vividly…