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Energy

Texas A&M Institute part of national effort to harness nuclear laser fusion for limitless energy

U.S. Department of Energy provides support for multi-million-dollar program
Nuclear

Physicists play key role in milestone moment toward development of a nuclear clock

The countdown has started to develop of a new generation of timepieces capable of shattering records
Conservation Research

Detect and devalue: Nuclear engineers work on plan to thwart poaching of rhinoceros horns

Inserting safe levels of radioisotopes could make smuggling difficult
Physics

Heavy duty: $2.5 million effort will expand knowledge of nuclear matter’s basic ingredients, properties and processes

A&M-led project will bring together leading U.S. nuclear theorists to develop a framework
Homeland Security

Software can sort illicit materials from mixed nuclear samples, study says

Process can identify three attributes of the sample’s history for investigators
Nuclear

Standing up to the heat: New alloy shows promise for nuclear reactors

Researchers from A&M, Los Alamos and Hokkaido University are creating the next generation of high-performance ODS alloys
Medicine

From hours to minutes: Process cuts time to purify cancer-therapy isotope

Method could increase world’s useable supply of astatine-211 for research and therapeutics
Engineering

A&M joins consortium to develop multi-million-dollar research reactor

Project will build the nation’s first advanced reactor for the 21st century
Nuclear

Model will convert radiation data into values useful to epidemiologists

Results could have long-term impact for nuclear safety and epidemiology