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Livermore Scientists Achieve First Full Mapping Of Phonons In Plutonium
August 22, 2003 Making a landmark event in the history of the experimental investigation of plutonium, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the first time have fully mapped the phonons in ... > full story -
Livermore Lab Collaboration Seeking Nature Of Neutrinos
August 18, 2003 Using a 6,000-ton detector, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory today will begin gathering data on neutrinos as part of the Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search, ... > full story -
New Sensor Developed At UCSB Can Detect DNA In One Step
July 18, 2003 Imagine that your doctor, using a small hand-held sensor, could detect from a drop of your blood if you carry the gene for cystic fibrosis, or whether or not you have HIV. Or on the battlefield, a ... > full story -
Engineers Creating Computer Tool To Ensure Safety Of Future Nuclear Power Plants
June 30, 2003 Nuclear engineers at Purdue University are heading a project to create a computer tool that will be essential to certify the safety of future nuclear power plants that will use new types of cooling ... > full story -
By Fusing Images, Lehigh Professor Detects Concealed Weapons
June 25, 2003 As VIPs line up for a reception with the President and foreign leaders, impassive security guards look each person up and down, alert to any clue of malicious intent. Rick Blum, professor of ... > full story -
National Ignition Facility Project Sets Records For Laser Performance
June 9, 2003 The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently produced 10,400 Joules or 10.4 kiloJoules (kJ) of ultraviolet laser light in a single laser beamline, setting a ... > full story -
Insulin Study Sheds Light On Physics Of Crystal Growth; University Of Houston Analysis May Impact Medicine, Computer Chip Research
June 9, 2003 A University of Houston engineer is clearing up some questions about how insulin crystals grow in a new study that may have applications in drug design and computer chip ... > full story -
Novel NIST Spectroscopic Method Can Detect Terrorist Threats
May 29, 2003 A novel technique that uses far-infrared (terahertz) radiation to rapidly identify bulk or airborne materials inside sealed paper or plastic containers has been demonstrated by scientists at the ... > full story -
Miniature Spectrometer Can Detect Biological Hazards
March 18, 2003 Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a miniature device that can identify as little as a fraction of a spore of anthrax and other biological ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Training Could Help First Responders Prepare For Terrorist Attacks
March 17, 2003 A virtual reality simulation system being developed at the University of Missouri-Rolla could help police, firefighters and other first responders train for terrorist attacks, especially those ... > full story
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