Category: Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences
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Catching nuclear smugglers: fast algorithm could enable cost-effective detectors at borders
The algorithm can pick out weak signals from nuclear weapons materials, hidden in ordinary radiation sources like fertilizer.
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Plasma jet wands could rapidly decontaminate hospital rooms
Room-temperature plasma beams could essentially dissolve away bacteria and viruses.
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Engineering Events: Earth Day at 50
Michigan Engineering faculty are hosting teach-ins on a range of Earth Year topics.
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Iran’s centrifuges and nuclear nonproliferation: A Q&A with Sara Pozzi
Understanding nuclear enrichment and what it means for the “Iran nuclear deal.”
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Using lasers to measure uranium enrichment
Nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation would both benefit from a faster, easier way to measure what proportion of uranium atoms can split.
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How a spray from the hardware store could improve nuclear fusion
A coating of polyurethane keeps plasma problems in check during magnetic compression.
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Becoming the representation she wishes she’d seen
In a Q&A, Ciara Sivels remarks on exposure, earning her PhD and equality in higher education.
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Holloway named Provost and VP at the University of New Mexico
From outstanding undergraduate education contributions to leadership positions, Holloway served the college for nearly 30 years.
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The race to zero carbon emissions
When the only number that matters is zero, this climate summit asked participants to leave their preconceptions about acceptable solutions at the door.
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Extreme light: Nobel laureate discusses the past & future of lasers
Lasers of tomorrow might neutralize nuclear waste, clean up space junk and advance proton therapy to treat cancer, says Gerard Mourou.
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Nuclear nonproliferation: $25 million for new tech and developing the security workforce
Many nuclear engineers who work in national security are headed for retirement. This initiative helps make sure we don’t drop the baton.
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A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery
A U-M-led team of researchers developed the first atomic-level simulation that produced a mysterious defect.