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Scientists Resolve 60-Year-Old Plutonium Questions
June 7, 2006 — Scientists have solved a question about the nature of plutonium that has remained a mystery since the Manhattan Project. Plutonium behaves like no other element in nature. The bonding of its ... > full story -
New Sensor Technology Detects Chemical, Biological, Nuclear And Explosive Materials
May 23, 2006 — Engineers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, using an emerging sensing technology, have developed a suite of sensors for national security applications that can quickly and ... > full story -
Direct Photon Properties Reveal Secrets Of Extreme Nuclear States
April 26, 2006 — When atomic nuclei are smashed together at great speed, resulting temperatures exceed one trillion degrees. Scientists who study nuclear matter under extreme conditions have a particular interest in ... > full story -
Delft Mathematician Enhances Protectiveness Of Military Uniform
April 25, 2006 — Until now, little was known about the physiochemical processes that determine the protective qualities of military uniforms (for example, for protection against poisonous gases). Delft University of ... > full story -
Researchers Solve Mystery Of How Nuclear Pores Duplicate Before Cell Division
April 21, 2006 — Researchers have long wondered how nuclear pores -- the all-important channels that control the flow of information in and out of a cell's nucleus -- double in number to prepare for the split to come ... > full story -
Study May Help Slay 'Yellow Monster'
April 7, 2006 — Researchers have found that uranium can damage DNA as a heavy metal, independent of its radioactive properties. They discovered that when cells are exposed to uranium, the uranium binds to DNA and ... > full story -
Record-Breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections
March 19, 2006 — Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated the world's most accurate gamma ray detector, which is expected to be useful eventually in ... > full story -
Purdue Initiates Objective Review Of 'Bubble' Fusion
March 9, 2006 — Purdue University is reviewing questions that have been raised about research in its School of Nuclear Engineering that may show that sound waves can create nuclear fusion ... > full story -
New Technologies Enhance Quantum Cryptography
February 2, 2006 — A team of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists, in collaboration with researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., and Albion College, in Albion, Mich., ... > full story -
Sandia Researchers Aim To Keep Points-of-Entry Safe Through Systems-Level Modeling Of Operations
January 12, 2006 — Sandia's recent work on border security is well on its way to providing an enormously valuable national asset by providing federal agencies with a reliable and comprehensive simulation capability ... > full story
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