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September 21, 2011 4:43 PM
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2011 Nobel Prize Predictions Roll In
Are cancer researchers Brian Druker, Nicholas Lydon, and Charles Sawyers becoming the Jon Hamms of the science world? Hamm, the suave star of the TV hit Mad Men, is...
September 16, 2011 4:37 PM
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Israel Joins European Particle Physics Laboratory, CERN
Sticklers for geographical correctness will roll their eyes, but Israel is joining CERN, the European particle physics laboratory just west of Geneva, Switzerland. Officially, Israel has become an associate...
September 9, 2011 2:21 PM
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Planned 4G Network Draws Fire From House Science Panel
A multibillion dollar proposal to create a 4G wireless broadband network in the United States could interfere with several scientific services that use the Global Positioning System (GPS), including...
Proposed U.S. Underground Lab of 'Paramount Importance,' Blue-Ribbon Panel Says
Plans to build a gigantic underground lab in the United States may be in limbo. But the science that would be done there has received a stamp of approval...
June 24, 2011 3:01 AM
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Studies in Microwaves, Fluids Nab Scientists Big Cash
A Russian astrophysicist who pioneered the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background to learn more about the universe and an American chemist whose work led to the...
Underground Physics Lab to Cost U.S. Energy Department at Least $1.2 Billion
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND—Physics fans, hold your breath: An underground lab that's absolutely vital to the future of particle physics in the United States will cost the Department of Energy (DOE)...
European Scientists Launch Design of New Gravitational Wave Telescope
Following a €3-million design study funded by the European Union, physicists today unveiled their plans for a gravitational wave telescope designed to open a new window on the universe....
May 15, 2011 6:50 PM
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U.S. Panel Suggests Moving Used Nuclear Fuel to Interim Sites
Draft recommendations from a White House commission on spent nuclear fuel released Friday include a call for one or more new aboveground interim storage sites in the United States. But...
U.K. Parliament Panel Slams Physics, Astronomy Cuts
British parliamentarians have expressed concerns about the impact last year’s government funding cuts will have on the future of astronomy and particle physics in the country. When combined with some...
U.S. Nuclear Watchdog Says Fukushima Safety Guidance Was Meant 'for U.S. Citizens'
The chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today defended his advice that Americans living within 80 km of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant should leave their homes...
Japan to Widen Evacuation Zone
TOKYO—Japan's government will move people out of some areas outside of the current evacuation and sheltering zones because radiation doses could accumulate to high levels over the coming year....
Indian Scientists Call for Moratorium on New Nuclear Plants
NEW DELHI—A group of scientists has stirred a controversy within India's research community last week by calling for a moratorium on new nuclear plants. P. Balaram, a molecular biophysicist...
April 6, 2011 3:26 PM
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Prize for Astrophysicist Reopens the Oldest Debate in the Cosmos
In an appreciation of work bridging science and philosophy—or a canny attempt to buy credibility, depending on whom you ask—the controversial Templeton Foundation has awarded its $1.6 million annual...
International Mega-Telescope Project Gears Up at U.K. Observatory
The nine-nation, $1.5 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project to build the world's biggest and most sensitive radio telescope has established a governing board and will set up its...
April 1, 2011 11:07 AM
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U.K. Scientists Take New Accelerator on Test Run
A new type of particle accelerator, which promises to provide particle beams more cheaply and efficiently than existing types for applications ranging from cancer treatment to nuclear power, passed...
India's Prime Minister Seeks More Nuclear Transparency
NEW DELHI—In a speech here today, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exhorted his government to strive for "accountability and transparency in the functioning of our nuclear power plants." The...
Should the U.S. More Tightly Control Nuclear Fuel It Makes?
One unheralded aspect of the Fukushima crisis is the fact that some of the fuel burned at the Daiichi reactors is made by U.S. companies. In 2010, Japanese nuclear...
China to Tune in to the Music of Dark Energy
BEIJING—China is about to join the hunt for dark energy. At a cosmology workshop held here on 20 March, scientists unveiled Tianlai, or "Sound of Heaven," a project to...
Radioecologists Developing Japan-Response Recommendations
Two months ago, to little fanfare, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a new research center at its Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) in Georgia. Now, thanks to the...
March 21, 2011 4:15 PM
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Mine Fire That Threatened Physics Lab Doused
Firefighters have almost completely snuffed out a fire that was threatening an underground physics lab. The fire broke out Thursday in the shaft to the Soudan Underground Mine State...
March 18, 2011 6:04 PM
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Mine Fire Threatens Physics Laboratory
A fire in the shaft of an old mine threatens the sole U.S. underground laboratory. Smoke detectors went off at 9 p.m. Thursday at the Soudan Underground Mine State...
March 18, 2011 1:34 PM
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India's Nuclear Chief: Reactor Review But No Shutdown
In response to the earthquake-triggered accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, India's prime minister has asked for a full safety audit of India's 20 operating nuclear reactors....
High-Energy Physics Experiments in Japan Weather the Crises
During an earthquake, tsunami, or nuclear meltdown, the safest place to be is in a mine. So says Stuart Freedman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's spokesperson for the KamLAND neutrino...
ITER Fusion Project Fills Top Management Slot
Osamu Motojima, the new director-general of the ITER fusion reactor project, has put in place the final piece in the senior tier of his new management structure for the...
Three Questions About Japan's Nuclear Plants
Japanese officials are weighing a set of difficult challenges in trying to contain the nuclear crisis within the Fukushima power complex. In addition to the extremely powerful earthquake, the...
Roundup: Global Reaction to Nuclear Crisis in Japan
The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan is causing political effects around the world, particularly in Europe, with several countries putting on hold plans to build new reactors or let...
March 9, 2011 11:04 AM
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Scandal-Dogged Synchrotron Back on Track
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--After months of turmoil, the troubled Australian synchrotron is pulling together under new leadership and churning out good science. That's the verdict of the facility's international scientific advisory...
March 4, 2011 3:09 PM
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All-Too-Familiar Rocket Failure Dooms NASA Climate Mission
A rocket's failure early this morning to carry the Earth-observing satellite Glory into orbit shocked engineers, who saw the same sort of disaster doom another climate satellite in 2009. The...
February 22, 2011 5:37 PM
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NSF and Energy Department Agree to Keep Pumps on for Underground Lab Site
A plan to convert an abandoned gold mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota into the world's largest underground laboratory remains afloat, but just barely. The National Science...
February 17, 2011 1:33 PM
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U.K. Start-Up Aims to Cash in on Small Fusion Reactor
A company in Oxfordshire, U.K., is aiming to make a business out of fusion with a design for a super compact fusion reactor, or tokamak, that it hopes to...
February 14, 2011 6:50 PM
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Energy Science: Obama's Darling, Congress's Target
It's a comforting idea for many scientists but may prove to be only a fantasy: The Obama Administration has requested a healthy increase for the Department of Energy's (DOE's)...
CERN Gives Higgs Hunters an Extra Year
Just days after U.S. particle physicists were told they would have to shutter their accelerator later this year—so ending their hopes of finding the elusive Higgs boson—their European competitors...
U.S. Atom Smasher to End Quest This Fall for 'God Particle'
The search by U.S. physicists for the most coveted particle of all, the so-called Higgs boson, will come to an end in September. Researchers working at Fermi National Accelerator...
December 24, 2010 4:14 AM
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Italy Funds New Particle Smasher With U.S. Components
Italy has approved funding for a major new particle accelerator that would use components from a now-defunct machine in the United States.
Message to ITER Fusion Project: Keep Calm and Carry On
Managers from the ITER fusion reactor project in France held urgent meetings at the European Commission in Brussels today following Wednesday's collapse of the commission's plan for filling a...
NSF Balks at Continuing Design Work for Underground Science Lab
The oversight board for the National Science Foundation (NSF) has rejected a request for additional funding to design an $875 million underground laboratory in South Dakota. Its reasons suggest...
Europe's Nuclear Scientists Plan for the Future
European nuclear physicists released a long-range plan today that aims to cement their world-leading position in the field. The roughly 6000 nuclear scientists and engineers across the continent are...
Europe's X-ray Powerhouse Hit by Budget Cuts
The difficult financial straits of European nations are starting to have an impact on the funding of the region's large research facilities. The governing council of the European Synchrotron...
December 1, 2010 1:17 PM
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Dig Fusion? Now You Can Call the Shots
Fancy yourself as an armchair fusion scientist? Well, there's no need to build a tokamak in your garage anymore. Instead, you can use the Internet to carry out your...
November 8, 2010 2:59 PM
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ITER Managers Debate Painful Cuts to Lower Costs
The new director of the ITER experimental fusion reactor project is weighing cost-cutting steps that are certain to be controversial among fusion researchers. The ITER reactor, which is now...
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