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U.S. Security Experts Help Kazakhstan Safely Transport, Store Soviet-Era Bomb Materials
February 10, 2011 U.S. experts helped reach a major milestone in the nation's nuclear nonproliferation efforts by working with the Central Asian country of Kazakhstan to move nuclear materials -- enough to build an ... > full story -
Exploring an 'Island of Inversion,' Physicists Find New Clues to Element Synthesis in Supernovae
February 2, 2011 A new discovery, and the questions is raises, could help explain in greater detail how elements are synthesized in the explosion of stars. Although theory predicted a spherical arrangement in the ... > full story -
Body Counts: New Disaster Preparedness Tool Calculates Casualty Estimates
January 25, 2011 First responders conduct extensive training to prepare for disaster events, but planning is difficult without a solid estimate of how many people could be injured. A new tool to do so is on the ... > full story -
Korean Researchers Reveal New Sea Defense Model
January 18, 2011 Military tension between North Korea and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) extends to areas of the Yellow Sea. Now defense experts based in the Republic of Korea have devised improved methods to ... > full story -
CT Helps Identify Bullet Trajectories
January 11, 2011 Multidetector computed tomography provides an efficient, effective way to analyze wounds from bullets and explosive devices, according to a new ... > full story -
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New Technology to Speed Cleanup of Nuclear Contaminated Sites
December 30, 2010 Engineers have invented a new type of radiation detection and measurement device that will be particularly useful for cleanup of sites with radioactive contamination, making the process faster, more ... > full story -
Geologist Develops Improved Seismic Model for Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in Middle East
December 16, 2010 Geologists have taken an important step toward helping the United States government monitor nuclear explosions by improving a 3-dimensional model to make it more accurate at detecting the location, ... > full story -
Air Defense: Greedy Algorithms Best for Multiple Targets
December 9, 2010 What algorithms should an air defense system work with? Particle swarm algorithms if there are ten targets to be hit. If there are more than ten targets, greedy algorithms work ... > full story -
Scientists Forecast New Atom Smashers to Keep Europe Leading in Nuclear Physics
December 8, 2010 Europe needs new particle accelerators and major upgrades to existing facilities over the next ten years to stay at the forefront of nuclear physics, according to the European Science Foundation, ... > full story -
How Plants Near Chernobyl Shrug Off Radiation
December 8, 2010 Scientists are reporting discovery of the biological secrets that enable plants growing near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant to adapt and flourish in highly radioactive soil -- legacy of the 1986 ... > full story
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