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U.S. Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th Shot on Laboratory Electromagnetic Railgun
October 31, 2011 — Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory hit a materials research milestone in the Office of Naval Research's Electromagnetic Railgun program when they fired a laboratory-scale system for the ... > full story -
Fukushima: Reflections Six Months on
September 19, 2011 — When the Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on March 11, 2011, the world witnessed the largest nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl ... > full story -
Lasers Could Be Used to Detect Roadside Bombs
September 17, 2011 — Scientists have just developed a laser that could detect roadside bombs. The laser potentially has the sensitivity and selectivity to canvas large areas and detect improvised explosive devices -- ... > full story -
Nuclear Detector: New Materials Hold Promise for Better Detection of Nuclear Weapons
September 12, 2011 — Scientists have developed new materials that can detect hard radiation, a very difficult thing to do. The method could lead to a handheld device for detecting nuclear weapons and materials, such as a ... > full story -
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Research on US Nuclear Levels After Fukushima Could Aid in Future Nuclear Detection
September 9, 2011 — What do increased atmospheric radioactivity concentrations in Washington state tell us about what happened in the Fukushima nuclear disaster? For one expert, the story is in the ... > full story -
Rebalancing the Nuclear Debate Through Education
September 9, 2011 — Better physics teaching with a particular emphasis on radioactivity and radiation science could improve public awareness through education of the environmental benefits and relative safety of nuclear ... > full story -
Milestones for Two Radiation Machines Used to Test U.S. Defenses Against Atomic Weapons
September 9, 2011 — Two remarkable pulsed-power machines used to test the nation's defenses against atomic weapons have surpassed milestones at Sandia National Laboratories: 4,000 firings, called "shots," on the Saturn ... > full story -
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Microbes Generate Electricity While Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste
September 6, 2011 — Researchers have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. The implications could eventually benefit sites forever changed by ... > full story -
Hiding Objects With a Terahertz Invisibility Cloak
September 2, 2011 — Researchers have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can't translate into an invisibility cloak for the visible ... > full story -
First Nuclear Power Plants for Settlements on the Moon and Mars
August 28, 2011 — The first nuclear power plant being considered for production of electricity for manned or unmanned bases on the Moon, Mars and other planets may really look like it came from outer space, according ... > full story
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