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Rebalancing the Nuclear Debate Through Education
September 9, 2011 — Better physics teaching with a particular emphasis on radioactivity and radiation science could improve public awareness through education of the environmental benefits and relative safety of nuclear ... > full story -
Milestones for Two Radiation Machines Used to Test U.S. Defenses Against Atomic Weapons
September 9, 2011 — Two remarkable pulsed-power machines used to test the nation's defenses against atomic weapons have surpassed milestones at Sandia National Laboratories: 4,000 firings, called "shots," on the Saturn ... > full story -
Milky Way Galaxy Might Hold Thousands of Ticking 'Time Bombs'
September 6, 2011 — In the Hollywood blockbuster "Speed," a bomb on a bus is rigged to blow up if the bus slows down below 50 miles per hour. The premise -- slow down and you explode -- makes for a great action movie ... > full story -
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Microbes Generate Electricity While Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste
September 6, 2011 — Researchers have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. The implications could eventually benefit sites forever changed by ... > full story -
New Material Shows Promise for Trapping Pollutants
September 6, 2011 — Water softening techniques are very effective for removing minerals such as calcium and magnesium, which occur as positively-charged ions in "hard" water. But many heavy metals and other inorganic ... > full story -
World’s Largest Fusion Experiment Back in Operation
September 5, 2011 — After an 18-month shutdown to upgrade the machine and four months of commissioning, the Joint European Torus (JET), the world’s largest magnetic fusion device, is ready to start new ... > full story -
First Nuclear Power Plants for Settlements on the Moon and Mars
August 28, 2011 — The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space, according ... > full story -
Fat Signals: Lipid Cleaving Enzyme Produces Signaling Molecule Essential in Lipid Metabolism
August 22, 2011 — Normal lipid and energy metabolism requires complex regulation by a network of signaling processes. Researchers now show that mice that lack the fat cleaving enzyme ATGL cannot produce signaling ... > full story -
Measurements Reveal Extent of Leakage from Japan's Damaged Fukushima Reactor
August 15, 2011 — From distance of 5,800 miles, researchers calculated how much radiation leaked from damaged fuel at the Fukushima nuclear reactor after an earthquake and tsunami disabled normal cooling systems. ... > full story -
First Data from Daya Bay: Closing in on a Neutrino Mystery
August 15, 2011 — The international Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment in southern China has just begun collecting data on the elusive final measurement needed before the masses of the different kinds of neutrinos ... > full storyMore:
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