Tenn. neutron accelerator sets record
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The $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source facility, though still powering up, has established a new mark as the world's most powerful accelerator-based source of neutrons for scientific research.
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Designs for an ambitious particle-smasher are finalized. U.S. researchers hope the International Linear Collider could boost the U.S.'s flagging scientific fortunes. By John Borland.
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NEW ELLENTON, S.C. &#151; Years ago, engineers for the federal government here studied hydrogen for its bomb-boosting capabilities. Now, scientists are working toward developing an economy that runs on the element.
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An IBM-built supercomputer being assembled for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has attained a record 70.72 trillion computations per second, the Energy Department said Thursday.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is getting ready to do some serious number crunching at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The NNSA recently selected IBM to construct the world's first supercomputer using Cell Broadband Engine (B.E.) processors that can perform a mind-boggling 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or one petaflop.
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Engineers at Nasa&#39;s Ames Research Center have staked their claim have built the world&#39;s fastest supercomputer. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Nasa&#39;s supercomputing facility, the US space agency unveiled its
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The United States is losing its leadership role in particle physics as its best brains move to sunny Switzerland. But fear not: There's always another giant accelerator on the horizon. By John Borland.
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Researchers create exotic new versions of atomic nuclei including one previously thought not to exist.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, United States : A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, clocked up a test flight at a world record speed 10 times faster than sound, NASA said.
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Decades of research come to a close as NASA&#39;s X-43 test flight goes off without a hitch. HAMPTON -- It was more than a record-breaking event Tuesday when an experimental airplane called the X-43A streaked
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The world's leading center for research into the origins of matter on Wednesday took a giant step toward the launch of a 15-year experiment which scientists hope will unlock many secrets of the universe.
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Europe's Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) in Geneva celebrates 50 years of its work.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Dec. 11--OAK RIDGE -- The U.S. Department of Energy has revised its  strategy -- and its price tag -- for one of the most challenging nuclear  projects in recent history.
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[Technology India]: London, Oct 9: Scientists at the University of Bonn in Germany have reportedly built the fundamental memory component of a computer called a &quot;register&quot;, using caesium atoms, by trapping it inside a laser beam.
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Damage to the reactor head of the Davis-Besse power plant in Ohio ranks among the top five most serious nuclear plant accidents or near-accidents since Three Mile Island, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Mar. 14-- -- A task force recruiting a 1,000-job spent nuclear fuel recycling plant is using a new Web site, speakers' bureau, community meetings and 65,000 color fact sheets to take its case to the public.
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Los Angeles - In March, Nasa launched an experimental jet that reached a record-setting speed of about 8 050km/h. Now researchers want to leave that milestone in the dust.