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Stories about: nuclear physics

Man Builds Nuclear Reactor in Own Home A Swedish man was arrested by police after calling authorities to ask if he was breaking any laws by constructing a nuclear reactor in his own kitchen. The man had posted videos on the Internet about his endeavor, but authorities only became involved after he called them directly.According to The Local newspaper, the... 3 August 2011 07:49 GMT Berkeley Lab Gets Grants for Developing Gamma-Ray Detectors Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been conducting research related to the fields of nuclear physics for many years. A couple of years ago, in 2008, experts at the Lab's Nuclear Science Division (NSD) launched the Applied Nuclear Physi... 3 June 2010 04:57 GMT Super-Heavy Nobelium Isotopes Weighed Researchers in Germany were recently able to use a special trap so as to collect direct measurements on the weight of no less than three isotopes of the super-heavy chemical element nobelium. While the heaviest stable element to appear in nature is uranium, science was able to synthesize as many as 25 additional chem... 11 February 2010 04:48 GMT