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Fantasy physics for nuclear testers

03 Sep 2014
Taken from the September 2014 issue of Physics World

In November a group of scientists will scour a small patch of the Middle East for signs that a nuclear explosion has taken place. Edwin Cartlidge describes their delicate mission and the sophisticated gadgetry they will rely on

Fantasy physics for nuclear testers
At 2.57 a.m. GMT on 12 February 2013, seismometers around the world detected an earthquake of m

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