Weapons Technology News

Posted March 23, 2011:

• Research Produces Novel Sensor With Improved Detection Selectivity

Posted March 17, 2011:

• Bomb Disposal Robot Getting Ready for Front-Line Action

Posted March 14, 2011:

• Japanese Nuclear Plants Damaged by Earthquake, Tsunami Pose No Risk to U.S., Experts Say

Posted March 11, 2011:

• Radiation Expert Discusses Japan Nuclear Power Plant Concerns

Posted March 8, 2011:

• Natural Clay as a Potential Host Rock for Nuclear Waste Repositories

Posted February 20, 2011:

• Spent Nuclear Fuel Is Anything but Waste

Posted February 19, 2011:

• Enhancing Nuclear Security

Posted February 17, 2011:

• Chemical Guided Missile Could Be the Answer to Wiping out Cancer

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Device Enables Remote Explosion of Improvised Land Mines

Posted February 10, 2011:

• U.S. Security Experts Help Kazakhstan Safely Transport, Store Soviet-Era Bomb Materials

Posted February 2, 2011:

• Exploring an 'Island of Inversion,' Physicists Find New Clues to Element Synthesis in Supernovae

Posted January 25, 2011:

• Body Counts: New Disaster Preparedness Tool Calculates Casualty Estimates

Posted January 18, 2011:

• Korean Researchers Reveal New Sea Defense Model

Posted January 11, 2011:

• CT Helps Identify Bullet Trajectories

Posted December 30, 2010:

• New Technology to Speed Cleanup of Nuclear Contaminated Sites

Posted December 16, 2010:

• Geologist Develops Improved Seismic Model for Monitoring Nuclear Explosions in Middle East

Posted December 9, 2010:

• Air Defense: Greedy Algorithms Best for Multiple Targets

Posted December 8, 2010:

• Scientists Forecast New Atom Smashers to Keep Europe Leading in Nuclear Physics
• How Plants Near Chernobyl Shrug Off Radiation

Posted November 10, 2010:

• Out-Sniffing Bomb-Sniffing Dogs

Posted November 9, 2010:

• New Way of Detecting Concealed Radioactive Material: Sniffing out Dirty Bombs Via Electromagnetic Breakdown of Air

Posted November 4, 2010:

• Nuclear Materials Detector Shows Exact Location of Radiation Sources

Posted October 6, 2010:

• Human Tissue, Organs Help Scientists Learn from Plutonium and Uranium Workers

Posted September 15, 2010:

• Discovery of the Secrets That Enable Plants Near Chernobyl to Shrug Off Radiation

Posted September 6, 2010:

• How Long Does Selenium Radiate in Nuclear Waste?

Posted September 2, 2010:

• Laser-Based Missile Defense for Helicopters Being Developed

Posted August 22, 2010:

• Worldwide Shortage of Isotopes for Medical Imaging Could Threaten Quality of Patient Care

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Federal Nuclear Waste Panel Overlooks Public Mistrust, Experts Say
• Scientists Outline a 20-Year Master Plan for the Global Renaissance of Nuclear Energy

Posted August 6, 2010:

• Nuclear Physicists Study 'Magic' Nature of Tin

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Study Describes Health Effects of Occupational Exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers

Posted July 16, 2010:

• Advanced Weapon System Helps Respond to Attacks by Small Swarming Boats

Posted June 16, 2010:

• Physicists Build Inexpensive Land Mine Detection System Using Off-the-Shelf Components

Posted June 7, 2010:

• New 'Microbead' Radiotherapy More Effective With Molecular Imaging
• Cyclotrons Could Alleviate Medical Isotope Shortage
• Radioactive Optical Imaging and 'Quantum Dot' Nano-Imaging at the Forefront of Molecular Medicine

Posted June 1, 2010:

• New 'Doubly Magic' Research Reveals Role of Nuclear Shell

Posted May 26, 2010:

• Physicists Pin Down Proton-Halo State in Flourine-17

Posted May 20, 2010:

• 'Scrubbing' Chemical-Contaminated Buildings Clean With Lasers

Posted May 19, 2010:

• Putting Teeth Into Forensic Science

Posted May 18, 2010:

• Advancing the Nuclear Enterprise Through Better Computing

Posted April 28, 2010:

• Military Develops Multi-Purpose 'Green' Decontaminants for Terrorist Attack Sites

Posted April 23, 2010:

• Researchers Model Movement of Radioactive Materials in Soil

Posted April 9, 2010:

• ODD Solution to Bomb Scares: Optical Dynamic Detection Provides Better Way to Detect Explosives

Posted March 29, 2010:

• Physicists Detect Rare Geo-Neutrino Particles, Peek Into Earth's Core

Posted March 18, 2010:

• Multifunctional Polymer Neutralizes Both Biological and Chemical Weapons

Posted March 4, 2010:

• Engineering Team Developing Helicopter That Would Investigate Nuclear Disasters

Posted March 3, 2010:

• Nuclear Physics Promises Earlier Detection of Brain Tumors With Just One Scan

Posted February 18, 2010:

• Nuclear Downsizing: Report Identifies Steps to Reduce US Arsenal, Prevent Spread of Atomic Bombs and Keep Stockpile Safe
• Nuclear Verification: Helping to Find a Needle in a Hay Stack

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