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Will You Be "Mine"? Physics Key To Detection
October 26, 2000 — Creating a technology that can quickly and easily detect landmines can be as daunting a challenge as removing the deadly weapons. But a promising detector being built at the Department of ... > full story -
Rad Hard: Microelectronic Devices Can Operate In Harsh Environments
September 13, 2000 — The Naval Research Laboratory recently received a patent for microelectronic devices built on silicon-on-insulator, or SOI, structures that can operate in harsh environments with greater speed and ... > full story -
Zirconate Material Will Resist Radiation, Improve Safety Of Long-Term Plutonium Storage
September 4, 2000 — An international research team, led by University of Michigan scientists, has found that gadolinium zirconate is much more resistant to radiation than the ceramic currently being considered for ... > full story -
Health Physicist Says Nuclear Sub Design Minimizes Kursk's Risk Of Leaking Radiation
August 22, 2000 — While the loss of human life in Russia's Kursk nuclear submarine is tragic, a radiation expert says the environment will likely be spared significant radioactive contamination. So far, ... > full story -
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Laboratory Researchers Demonstrate New Radiation-Tolerant Materials For Possible Nuclear Waste Storage
August 7, 2000 — A continual issue in the handling of nuclear waste is long-term storage, because internal radiation can cause radioactive host materials to swell or crack, making the stored waste unstable and ... > full story -
Research To Give Authorities New Tool In Tracking Terrorists
June 28, 2000 — A new technique developed by University of Florida and University of Central Florida researchers may make it harder for terrorist bombers to cover their ... > full story -
The Sound Of Deadly Danger: Researchers Combine Acoustic Waves With Radar To Detect Buried Land Mines
May 26, 2000 — By simultaneously using sound waves to create tiny soil disturbances and precision radar to measure the resulting movement, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new ... > full story -
Human Factors Experts At Sandia Take New Approach To Studying Human Failure In Engineered Systems
February 8, 2000 — Taking a lesson from nuclear weapons surety, Chris Forsythe and Caren Wenner of the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a new approach to studying how and why ... > full story -
Scientists: Bomb Survivor Studies Outdated As Basis For Radiation Protection Standards
February 7, 2000 — Scientists who help set standards for radiation safety rely too much on studies of A-bomb survivors, according to radiation researchers who analyzed the relative strengths of data from two exposed ... > full story -
Radiating Relief: Researcher Combats Stubborn Arthritis With Neutrons
January 18, 2000 — An injection and a few minutes in a gentle beam of neutrons may someday ease the pain of severe rheumatoid arthritis for thousands of Americans. In collaboration with the Department of Energy's ... > full story
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