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New Approach To Engineering For Extreme Environments
Composite materials such as
fiberglass, which take on a
mix of properties of their
constituent compounds, have
been around for decades.
Now, a materials scientist
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New 'Smart' Polymer Reduces Radioactive Waste At Nuclear Power Plants
Scientists have developed a
new polymer that reduces the
amount of radioactive waste
produced during routine
operation of nuclear
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Ultra-dense Deuterium May Be Nuclear Fuel Of The Future
A material that is a hundred
thousand times heavier than
water and more dense than
the core of the Sun is being
produced at a university.
The scientists working with
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Star Crust 10 Billion Times Stronger Than Steel, Physicist Finds
Research by a theoretical
physicist shows that the
crusts of neutron stars are
10 billion times stronger
than steel or any other of
the earth's strongest metal
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NuTeV Anomaly Helps Shed Light On Physics Of The Nucleus
July 9, 2009 — A new calculation clarifies the complicated relationship between protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus and offers a fascinating resolution of the famous NuTeV ... > full story -
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Experts Call For Local And Regional Control Of Sites For Radioactive Waste
July 9, 2009 — The withdrawal of Nevada's Yucca Mountain as a potential nuclear waste repository has reopened the debate over how and where to dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear ... > full story -
Nuclear Masses Measured To Within A Hair’s Precision
May 5, 2009 — Researchers have made precise mass measurements of four such nuclei, 68-selenium, 70-selenium, 71-bromine and an excited state of 70-bromine. The results may make it easier to understand X-ray ... > full story -
Hydrogen Protects Nuclear Fuel In Final Storage
April 23, 2009 — When Sweden's spent nuclear fuel is to be permanently stored, it will be protected by three different barriers. Even if all three barriers are damaged, the nuclear fuel will not dissolve into the ... > full story -
Nuclear Policy On The Path Toward Nuclear Disarmament: New Report
April 8, 2009 — In Prague, President Barack Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons. Today, scientists have released a report calling for fundamental changes to US nuclear war planning, a vital prerequisite ... > full story -
Healing Heart Attack Victims, One Cell At A Time
April 3, 2009 — By using the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere from above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960, researchers have determined that cells in the human heart develop into ... > full story -
New RFID Technology Tracks And Monitors Nuclear Materials
March 31, 2009 — Radio frequency identification devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists have developed a unique tracking technology that also monitors the environmental and physical ... > full story -
Values Predict Attitudes Toward Nuclear Power
March 25, 2009 — Concerns about climate change and energy independence have led to renewed calls for the resurgence of nuclear power. Therefore, it is important to understand the level of and bases for public ... > full story -
'Cold Fusion' Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source
March 23, 2009 — Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions, the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. ... > full story -
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Black Sea Pollution Could Be Harnessed As Renewable Future Energy Source
March 17, 2009 — The Black Sea harbors vast quantities of hydrogen sulfide, the toxic gas associated with the smell of rotten eggs. This noxious gas could be used as a renewable source of hydrogen gas to fuel a ... > full story
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