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November 7, 2008
The endless race for fusion energy pits a giant reactor in France against two upstarts in North America.
Arthur Kantrowitz dies at 95; physicist pioneered rocket nose cones, intra-aorta pumps
Though his expertise was in fluid mechanics, his interests were wide-ranging, including early experiments in nuclear fusion and fighting for the creation of a science court. Arthur R. Kantrowitz, a physicist and inventor whose research pioneered the development of nose cones for rockets as well as pumps to help failing hearts move blood more effectively, died of heart failure Nov. 29 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He was 95.
Sidelined CERN collider gets a new, formal sendoff
The world's largest scientific machine may have malfunctioned soon after its spectacular start and still be out of action. But that didn't stop dignitaries, donors and diplomats from inaugurating the broken atom smasher Tuesday with pomp and pageantry. 
X-rays emitted from ordinary Scotch tape
Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of...
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Cornell astrophysicist Edwin Salpeter...
Edwin E. Salpeter, an astrophysicist whose work in the "Salpeter-Bethe equation" showed how helium changes to carbon, has died. He was 83.
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Pennsylvania law tries to cut...
Pennsylvania has begun a major effort to cut electricity use, requiring the state's 11 utilities to not only stop power usage from rising, but to cut it starting in 2011.
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3 win Nobel for subatomic physics...
Two Japanese scientists and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for theoretical advances that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.
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'Buckypaper' may build the future
It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.
Future planes, cars may be made of `buckypaper'
It's called "buckypaper" and looks a lot like ordinary carbon paper, but don't be fooled by the cute name or flimsy appearance. It could revolutionize the way everything from airplanes to TVs are made.
3 win Nobel for subatomic physics...
Two Japanese citizens and a Japanese-born American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics for discoveries in the world of subatomic physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences...
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Wholesale price of electricity surges...
Wholesale electricity prices surged higher yesterday amid mounting fears that
the UK could face a supply shortfall next month.
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CERN rivals see melting magnets as...
The daring success of the world's largest atom smasher on its opening day was more surprising to many scientists than the troubles it subsequently developed.
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Environmental groups, scientists...
With a Nobel physicist and a former EPA chief on board, some expect Obama's White House to break from what they see as the Bush administration's record of overlooking science in...
CERN rivals see melting magnets as...
The daring success of the world's largest atom smasher on its opening day was more surprising to many scientists than the troubles it subsequently developed.
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Obama names 4 top members of science...
President-elect Barack Obama's selection Saturday of a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist for science posts is a sign he plans a more aggressive response to global warming...
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Weird science
Explosions. Bunsen burners. Adoring crowds in evening dress - or school uniform - eyes wide with wonderment. Can we recapture the excitement of science, asks historian Lisa Jardine.
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Flipping the ON switch on history's biggest and most expensive experiment.
Obama names Holdren, Lubchenco to...
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Accident puts atom-smasher in limbo
A magnet meltdown in the $10 billion Large Hadron Collider could delay the first high-energy proton collisions until late this year or even the spring of 2009, scientists say.
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Small accidents mean big trouble for...
Scientists expect startup glitches in the massive, complex machines they use to smash atoms.
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Energy groups to cut electricity and...
Millions of consumers and businesses are set to receive price cuts of at least
10 per cent in their gas and electricity bills early in the new year,
although some may have to...
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Physicist: Bolt could have run 9.55...
A physicist has done the math, and says Usain Bolt could have run the 100-meter Olympic final in 9.55 seconds if he had not slowed down to showboat.
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