Weapons Technology News

Posted June 11, 2013:

• Fukushima Accident Raised Levels of Radioactive Strontium Off the East Coast of Japan by Up to 100 Times

Posted June 6, 2013:

• Nuclear Testing from the 1960s Helps Scientist Determine Whether Adult Brains Generate New Neurons

Posted June 4, 2013:

• Exposure to Rocket Attacks in Israel Increases Adolescent Violence

Posted May 29, 2013:

• Despite Safety and Other Concerns, Nuclear Power Saves Lives, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say

Posted May 28, 2013:

• Have Health Effects from the Chernobyl Accident Been Overestimated?

Posted May 24, 2013:

• Research Effort Deep Underground Could Sort out Cosmic-Scale Mysteries

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Cancer and Birth Defects in Iraq: The Nuclear Legacy

Posted May 14, 2013:

• Scientists Uncover Fundamental Property of Astatine -- Rarest Naturally Occurring Element on Earth

Posted May 7, 2013:

• Cleaner, Low Temperature Nuclear Fuels?

Posted April 30, 2013:

• One Step Closer to a Quantum Computer

Posted April 15, 2013:

• The Future of Our Energy

Posted April 1, 2013:

• After Newtown: A New Use for a Weapons-Detecting Radar?

Posted March 11, 2013:

• Detecting Cesium With Naked Eyes

Posted March 4, 2013:

• Researchers Find Link to Arsenic-Contaminated Groundwater

Posted March 1, 2013:

• U.S. May Face Inevitable Nuclear Power Exit

Posted February 20, 2013:

• Potential Benefits of Inertial Fusion Energy Justify Continued Research and Development

Posted February 12, 2013:

• Mix Uranium from Russian Nuclear Weapons With Norwegian Rock, Researcher Says

Posted February 7, 2013:

• Fluorescent Label Sheds Light on Radioactive Contamination

Posted January 16, 2013:

• High Plutonium Breeding of Light Water Cooled Reactors

Posted January 14, 2013:

• New Clean Nuclear Fusion Reactor Designed

Posted January 10, 2013:

• NASA Researchers Studying Advanced Nuclear Rocket Technologies

Posted January 8, 2013:

• Graphene Oxide Soaks Up Radioactive Waste: U.S., Russian Researchers Collaborate on Solution to Toxic Groundwater Woes

Posted January 7, 2013:

• A French Nuclear Exit?

Posted December 17, 2012:

• Investigating Ocean Currents Using Uranium-236 from the 1960s

Posted December 5, 2012:

• Proliferation Warnings on Nuclear 'Wonder-Fuel', Thorium

Posted November 26, 2012:

• Novel Power System for Space Travel Tested

Posted November 8, 2012:

• Chernobyl Cleanup Workers Had Significantly Increased Risk of Leukemia

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Self-Powered Sensors to Monitor Nuclear Fuel Rod Status

Posted October 17, 2012:

• Cosmic Rays Could Assist in Healing Fukushima's Nuclear Scar

Posted October 12, 2012:

• New Weapons Detail Reveals True Depth of Cuban Missile Crisis

Posted October 11, 2012:

• Terrorism Risk Greatest for Subway/rail Commuters

Posted October 10, 2012:

• Cold Cases Heat Up Through New Approach to Identifying Remains

Posted October 9, 2012:

• 2010 Korea Bomb 'Tests' Probably False Alarms, Says Study

Posted October 1, 2012:

• Restricting Nuclear Power Has Little Effect on the Cost of Climate Policies

Posted September 27, 2012:

• Sandia Experts Help When Sinkhole Opens Up in Louisiana

Posted September 21, 2012:

• Twenty-Three Nuclear Power Plants Found to Be in Tsunami Risk Areas

Posted August 27, 2012:

• Study Explores Injury Risk in Military Humvee Crashes

Posted August 24, 2012:

• Boston Subway System to Be Used to Test New Sensors for Biological Agents

Posted August 22, 2012:

• Glass Offers Improved Means of Storing Nuclear Waste, Researchers Say
• New Era in Camouflage Makeup: Shielding Soldiers from Searing Heat of Bomb Blasts

Posted August 21, 2012:

• Fueling Nuclear Power With Seawater: Tests Adsorbent to Extract Uranium from the Ocean

Posted August 20, 2012:

• Toward a Portable Emergency Treatment for Stopping Life-Threatening Internal Bleeding
• Chemical Physics: NO Place for Nitrogen

Posted August 17, 2012:

• Taking the Edge Off a Pipe Bomb -- Literally

Posted August 8, 2012:

• Advanced Explosives Detector Sniffs out Previously Undetectable Amounts of TNT

Posted August 6, 2012:

• New Approaches Needed for Uncovering, Identifying, and Treating Buried Chemical Warfare Material

Posted July 31, 2012:

• Ecosystems Reveal Radiation Secrets: Transfer of Radioactive Compounds Is Not Straightforward

Posted July 17, 2012:

• Global Health Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Posted July 13, 2012:

• Nuclear Weapons' Surprising Contribution to Climate Science

Posted July 2, 2012:

• 'Trophy Molecule' Breakthrough May Result in Cleaner, Cooler Nuclear Energy

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