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Reliable Nuclear Device to Heat, Power Mars Science Lab
November 21, 2011 NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission has the potential to be the most productive Mars surface mission in history. That's due in part to its nuclear heat and power source. The rover Curiosity's ... > full story -
World's Most Difficult Chemical Experiment: The Struggle to Discover the Secret of Super-Heavy Elements
November 17, 2011 In order to find the chemical properties of super-heavy elements, chemists must conduct one of the world's most demanding chemical experiments in a matter of ... > full story -
Racing to Be the First to Create the World's Heaviest Element
November 17, 2011 All heavy elements are created in gigantic supernova explosions. Now scientists are competing to create the world's heaviest element in a laboratory. Production time: less than one atom per month. ... > full story -
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Cardiac Stress Imaging Procedures More Frequent Among Patients Seen by Physicians Who Provide and Bill for These Procedures
November 8, 2011 Patients treated by physicians who billed for both technical (practice/equipment) and professional (supervision/ interpretation) components of nuclear and echocardiographic stress imaging tests were ... > full story -
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Australian Technology Aims to Make Storing Radioactive Waste Safer
November 2, 2011 Australian researchers have developed new technology capable of removing radioactive material from contaminated water and aiding clean-up efforts following nuclear ... > full story -
How a Cancer-Causing Bacterium Spurs Cell Death
November 1, 2011 Researchers report they have figured out how the cancer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori attacks a cell's energy infrastructure, sparking a series of events in the cell that ultimately lead it ... > full story -
Structure, Not Scientists to Blame for Los Alamos Failings, Article Says
November 1, 2011 Policy decisions and poor management have substantially undermined the US Los Alamos National Laboratory — and, consequently, U.S. national security, according to a new article. The article ... > full story -
3-D Simulations of Nova Explosions
October 20, 2011 A new study has shown how mixing of elements occurs during a nova explosion, thus solving an enigma that has puzzled stellar astrophysicists for over half a ... > full story -
New Generation of Superlattice Cameras Add More 'Color' to Night Vision
October 20, 2011 Recent breakthroughs have enabled scientists to build cameras that can see more than one optical waveband or "color" in the ... > full story -
X-Ray Camera Makes A-Grade Particle Detector
October 11, 2011 Combining an off-the-shelf X-ray camera with a thin piece of carbon foil yields a device that can detect high-energy organic atoms and heavy molecules better than the typical devices used for these ... > full story
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