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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 -
Out-Sniffing Bomb-Sniffing Dogs
November 10, 2010 — Researchers have developed a small, portable sensor based on recent advances in nanotechnology that's more sensitive and reliable at detecting explosives than any sniffer dog. In the future it may ... > full story -
New Way of Detecting Concealed Radioactive Material: Sniffing out Dirty Bombs Via Electromagnetic Breakdown of Air
November 9, 2010 — Researchers in Maryland have proposed a scheme for detecting a concealed source of radioactive material without searching containers one by one. The concept is based on the gamma-ray emission from ... > full story -
Nuclear Materials Detector Shows Exact Location of Radiation Sources
November 4, 2010 — A table-top gamma-ray detector can not only identify the presence of dangerous nuclear materials, but can pinpoint and show their exact location and type, unlike conventional ... > full story -
Human Tissue, Organs Help Scientists Learn from Plutonium and Uranium Workers
October 6, 2010 — Tucked away in a metal sided warehouse at the Richland Airport, Washington State University researchers sift through years, even decades, of data files and human tissue samples in an attempt to track ... > full story -
Discovery of the Secrets That Enable Plants Near Chernobyl to Shrug Off Radiation
September 15, 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 -
How Long Does Selenium Radiate in Nuclear Waste?
September 6, 2010 — In order to estimate the safety of final storage for nuclear wastes, it is important to know the half-lives of the radioactive elements of the nuclear waste as accurately as possible. The half-life ... > full story -
Laser-Based Missile Defense for Helicopters Being Developed
September 2, 2010 — Protecting helicopters in combat from heat-seeking missiles is the goal of new laser ... > full story -
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Worldwide Shortage of Isotopes for Medical Imaging Could Threaten Quality of Patient Care
August 22, 2010 — Twenty million medical scans and treatments are done each year that require radioactive isotopes and scientists today described a global shortage of these life-saving materials that could jeopardize ... > full story -
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Federal Nuclear Waste Panel Overlooks Public Mistrust, Experts Say
August 12, 2010 — According to 16 social science researchers from across the country, a renewed federal effort to fix the nation's stalled nuclear waste program is focusing so much on technological issues that it ... > full story
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