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Plutonium Magnetism Secret revealed by Neutrons

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Groundbreaking work at two Department of Energy national laboratories has confirmed plutonium's magnetism, which scientists have long theorized but have never been able to experimentally observe. The...

Why On Earth Is China Nervous About Plutonium in Japan?

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I read a funny thing the other day – China is nervous about Japan making atomic weapons and has complained to the International Atomic Energy Agency that Japan has over 1,400 lbs of plutonium that it...

Controlled fusion one step closer after successful experiment

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Scientists around the world have been working hard for decades to produce a stable fusion reaction in the lab that generates more power than is required to start the reaction. Scientists at the...