Heavy elements known as the actinides are important materials for medicine, energy, and national defense. But even though the first actinides were discovered by scientists at Berkeley Lab more than 50 years ago, we still ...
Materials Science
Mar 24, 2021
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A new method developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory proves one effort's trash is another's valuable isotope.
General Physics
Mar 11, 2021
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The amount of long-lived radioactive elements incorporated into a rocky planet as it forms may be a crucial factor in determining its future habitability, according to a new study by an interdisciplinary team of scientists ...
Astronomy
Nov 10, 2020
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The nuclear accident in Fukushima remains etched into many people's memories. It was a catastrophe that caused huge amounts of radioactively contaminated water to be released, which the operators of the nuclear power plant ...
Environment
Sep 29, 2020
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Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant and triggered an unprecedented release radioactivity into the ocean, radiation levels have fallen to safe ...
Environment
Aug 6, 2020
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The Earth‐moon system's history remains mysterious. Scientists believe the system formed when a Mars‐sized body collided with the proto‐Earth. Earth ended up being the larger daughter of this collision and retained ...
Astronomy
Jun 22, 2020
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Planetary scientists at Curtin University have shed some light on the tumultuous early days of the largely preserved protoplanet Asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our Solar System.
Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2020
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A Japanese government agency has proposed releasing radioactive water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant into the environment, as storage space runs out.
Environment
Dec 24, 2019
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A flick of a switch. An LED light shines on a liquid-filled beaker. Another flick. It goes dark.
Materials Science
Mar 21, 2019
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Eight years have passed since a tsunami smashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, sparking a meltdown and the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
Energy & Green Tech
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