All Articles Tagged As: nuclear science
 | The metal tin lacks the value and prestige of gold, silver and platinum, but to nuclear physicists, tin is magic. Rutgers physicists recently reported studies on the metal tin that add knowledge to a concept known as magic numbers while perhaps helping scientists to explain how heavy elements are made in exploding stars. ...> Full Article |
Radiation similar to that used to treat cancer may someday help clean up environmental disasters such as the Gulf oil spill and detect explosive powder hidden underneath clothing.
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Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee and six collaborating universities have performed an unprecedented nuclear reaction experiment that explores the unique properties of the "doubly magic" radioactive isotope of 132Sn, or tin-132.
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 | A new computer algorithm developed by researchers at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory allows scientists to view nuclear fission in much finer detail than ever before. ...> Full Article |
By measuring "inaudible" sounds, events like illegal nuclear tests can be detected. This "infrasound" can also help us understand more about the upper atmosphere
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Michigan State University will compete for a half-billion dollar federally funded Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement issued by the U.S. Department of Energy.
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