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Fukushima’s Fallout Worse Than Thought
gbrumfiel writes “A new study posted for open peer-review suggests that the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi released far more radiation than the Japanese government initially estimated. The...
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Did North Korea Conduct Secret Nuclear Tests?
gbrumfiel writes “In May of 2010, North Korea made the bizarre claim that it had achieved nuclear fusion. Many, many commentators (including faithful Slashdot readers) mocked the dear leader for his...
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Ask Slashdot: How To Feed Africa?
gbrumfiel writes “Africa has some of the poorest soil of anywhere on the earth, and over farming is only making matters worse. As the population grows, governments and NGOs must decide whether to...
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SKA Might Be Split Between South Africa and Australia
gbrumfiel writes “The Square Kilometre Array will be the world’s most powerful telescope, assuming the nations involved can agree on where to build it. A scientific panel recently backed South Africa...
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Ask Slashdot: What Are the Most Dangerous Lines of Scientific Inquiry?
gbrumfiel writes “The battle over whether to publish research into mutant bird flu got editors over at Nature News thinking about other potentially dangerous lines of scientific inquiry. They came up...
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Little Health Risk Seen From Fukushima’s Radioactivity
gbrumfiel writes “Two independent reports show that the public and most workers received only low doses of radiation following last year’s meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in...
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After 60 Years, a Room-Temperature Maser
gbrumfiel writes “Before there were lasers, there were masers: systems that amplified microwaves instead of light. Solid state masers are used in a variety of applications, including deep space...
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James Cameron Spills the Details From His Deep Dive
gbrumfiel writes “James Cameron has released the first batch of scientific results from his historic dive in March to bottom of the Mariana trench and an earlier series of test dives in the New...
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Has the Mythical Unicorn of Materials Science Finally Been Found?
gbrumfiel writes “For years, physicists have been on the hunt for a material so weird, it might as well be what unicorn horns are made of. Topological insulators are special types of material that...
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Ask Slashdot: Should Scientists Build a New Particle Collider In Japan?
gbrumfiel writes “The world’s most powerful particle collider ended an epic proton run yesterday morning, and researchers are already looking to the future. They want to build a 31-kilometer,...
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