The California Aggie Online: Four construction and development corporations to manage lab collectively with UC
UC retains control of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Laser fusion – the safe, clean way to produce nuclear energy
Guardian Unlimited: A multinational project led by British researchers aims to use a high-power laser to reproduce the physical reaction that occurs at the heart of the sun and every other star in the universe – nuclear fusion. If the project succeeds it has the potential to solve the world energy crisis without destroying the environment.
DOE Rolls Out Powerful ESnet For Scientific Researchers
Information Week: The optical network will serve more than 50,000 DOE laboratory staffers and scientists as well as thousands of academic researchers.
Through a Lens, Darkly
ScienceNow: For the first time, astronomers have confirmed that invisible objects float around the outskirts of our galaxy. Using a form of cosmic triangulation, they have identified what appears to be a double black hole some 16,000 light-years away. The result, presented here today at the 210th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, is an important step in unraveling the nature of dark matter.
New Los Alamos plutonium lab on hold
Santa Fe New Mexican: The federal government has put the brakes on a proposed billion-dollar Los Alamos plutonium lab due to concerns over rising cost estimates and congressional skepticism.
Earth nears tipping point on climate change
The Christian Science Monitor: Dangerous climate change has not yet arrived, but the tipping point may not be far off. And it may be reached with a smaller temperature rise than recent studies suggest.
China Embraces Nuclear Future
The Washignton Post: Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the first steps toward building what could become the world’s largest tomb for nuclear waste.
Physics Professor Aims to Teach Art Students the Business
The Washington Post: Picture it: The abandoned building at 14th and U turned into an art gallery where graduate art students can learn how to sell and market their art.
This idea brought to you by Paul So, physics professor at George Mason University.
Team finds 28 planets in faraway solar system
San Jose Mercury News: A University of California-led research team has discovered 28 new planets deep in the Milky Way, circling stars not unlike our own – leading them to conclude that our solar system may not be so special after all.
Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?
The New York Times: Stand atop any levee in the New Orleans area, and one question will offer itself, unbidden, to the mind: Is this pile of dirt tall enough to stand up to the next storm?