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World War II Robert LaRue |
Berkeley Summer: Building the Bomb A gathering of many of the world's greatest scientists in 1942, hosted by J. Robert Oppenheimer, laid the foundation for the development of the atomic bomb. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Erico Guizzo |
The Atomic Fortress That Time Forgot The world's first plutonium-making reactor is an Atomic Age landmark--and it faces an uncertain future. The U.S. Department of Energy has been laboring for years to clean up the radioactive and chemical contamination there. |
Science News October 23, 2004 |
From the October 20, 1934, Issue Revolutionary Treasure to be Sought in New York... Enormous Canyon Discovered in Unexplored Mexico... Physics May Soon Discover New Group of Elements... |
Science News August 31, 2002 |
TimeLine: August 27, 1932 Russians dedicate world's largest power plant... New theory explains radioactive disintegration... New isotopes predicted with neutrons as "bricks" |
BusinessWeek March 24, 2011 Peter Coy |
The Prospect for Safe Nuclear Power Fukushima has cast a pall over the industry, just as new designs are showing promise of making reactors far safer. Will fear bring progress to a halt -- or stimulate demand for smarter solutions? |
Popular Mechanics June 15, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
10 Geekiest Elements Ever Created in a Lab The periodic table doesn't end at 92 -- not even close. Last week the official tally reached 112 |
Chemistry World February 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Inching towards the island of stability An international team of researchers has for the first time directly measured the mass of an element heavier than uranium. |
Science News October 4, 2003 |
TimeLine: September 30, 1933 First glimpses of a new world... Most intelligent college men choose most intelligent mates... High-voltage neutrons may be most effective atom splitters |
Science News February 25, 2006 |
From the February 22, 1936, issue Miracles of unlikeness... Matter in cores of atoms found to be closely packed... |
Science News June 26, 2004 |
From the June 23, 1934, issue Young Desert Hawks Secure in Natural Fort... New Element is "Relative" of Brittle Metal Manganese... Squeezing Turns Phosphorus From White to Black... |
Science News June 19, 2004 |
From the June 16, 1934, issue Growths of Fancy... Italian Discovery May be First of Super-Elements... Harvard Exhibits New-Found Triple-Horned Dinosaur... |
Chemistry World July 8, 2015 Tim Wogan |
Conduction conundrum puts scientists on path to radical conclusions Two bizarre, apparently contradictory properties have been discovered in samarium hexaboride by researchers in the UK and the US. |
D-Lib May 2001 |
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory This month's featured collection, the Fermilab website, is not only among the best examples of scientific information dissemination on the web, it is also one of the oldest U.S. websites... |