The detection and monitoring of metals and organic compounds in water, is normally done by having an technician collect on-site field samples. These samples are then take back to a laboratory. Though there have been many attempts to provide on-site analysis and remote sampling, all previous solutions still required a technician to collect the sample, […]
They claim that the “colliding beam fusion reactor” is superior to the tokamak approach favoured by the international fusion community. The University of Florida/University of California-Irvine team reveal the new approach in the November 21 issue of Science. The team has designed a 100 megawatt reactor in which the beams are confined in a so-called […]
The start of the European Union's 5th Framework programme of R&D could be delayed by disagreements over its structure
Government plans to move IN2P3 to the CEA
The studies were carried out by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on the behalf of the Department of Energy. According to the reports, waste from at least five of the tanks has seeped 70m below into local groundwater. Each tank contains approximately 204 million litres of radioactive material produced from plutonuim production in Richland, Washington. […]
The US Forest Service has recently installed solar outhouses, but positioned some of them in the shade
There is good news for science in general and physics in particular in this year's US budget
Norweb Communications and Northern Telecom have announced a new high speed communications system which transmits data over powerlines
Oxford Instruments opened two new buildings last month
The European Commission scientific advisory committee has slimmed down and changed direction
