The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory was somewhat the equivalent of the Hubble Telescope almost a decade ago, in terms of searching for gamma-ray bursts, the most immense blasts ever detected in the vastness of space, from 1991 to 2000. Sadly, in June 2000, following a major glitch of the device, NASA decided to retire ... |
8 December 2008
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As nuclear terrorism threats on the United States multiply, doctors and nurses express their concern about whether hospitals are indeed prepared to handle large numbers of contaminated people being rushed in emergency rooms in large urban centers. Especially dangerous in this scenario are sticky bombs, which combine ... |
17 October 2008
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A dirty bomb is a simple explosive device used not so much to produce extensive damage but to contaminate a designated spot with radioactive materials. It is often associated with nuclear bombs, although it doesn't have anything in common with them aside from being an explosive device that uses small amounts of ... |
2 June 2008
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After 9/11, people finally realized what terrorism is capable of and that terrorists would do anything to accomplish their plans. Correlate that with large amounts of missing nuclear fuel from the ex-soviet countries and you get nuclear terrorism. Most of the radioactive detection systems being currently used are pre... |
24 January 2008
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