News articles tagged with 'nuclear'
Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116
— 2 Dec 2011 10:17 | ChemistryThe International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table…
Surprise role of nuclear structure protein in development
— 25 Nov 2011 09:00 | BiologyScientists have long held theories about the importance of proteins called B-type lamins in the process of embryonic stem cells replicating and differentiating into different varieties…
Addressing the nuclear waste issue
— 6 Apr 2011 16:01 | EnvironmentResearchers from Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory have an enhanced understanding of a common freshwater alga and its remarkable ability to remove strontium from…
Opalinus Clay as a potential host rock for nuclear waste repositories
— 8 Mar 2011 14:29 | ChemistryScientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, have studied natural claystone in the laboratory for more than four years in order to determine how the radioactive…
Berkeley Lab researchers illuminate laminin's role in cancer formation
— 8 Mar 2011 13:53 | HealthLaminin, long thought to be only a structural support protein in the microenvironment of breast and other epithelial tissues, is 'famous' for its cross-like shape…
Tried and true recipes
— 5 Mar 2011 13:15 | TechnologyNuclear reactor technology research dwindled away when nuclear power fell out of favor several decades ago. Renewed interest in fission-based energy means knowledge gained in past research…
Supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton Cycle turbines promise giant leap
— 5 Mar 2011 13:09 | TechnologySandia National Laboratories researchers are moving into the demonstration phase of a novel gas turbine system for power generation, with the promise that thermal-to-electric conversion…
Ageing, interrupted
— 24 Feb 2011 20:32 | BiologyThe current pace of population ageing is without parallel in human history but surprisingly little is known about the human ageing process, because lifespans of eight decades or more…
Spent nuclear fuel is anything but waste
— 20 Feb 2011 16:21 | EnvironmentFailure to pursue a program for recycling spent nuclear fuel has put the U.S. far behind other countries and represents a missed opportunity to enhance the nation's energy security…
First evidence for a spherical magnesium-32 nucleus
— 3 Feb 2011 17:30 | PhysicsElements heavier than iron come into being only in powerful stellar explosions, supernovae. During nuclear reactions all kinds of short-lived atomic nuclei are formed, including more…