Cold comfort
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Anna Muller, a physician and the base commander of Germany's Neumayer research stations, plays the sax to banish the loneliness and boredom that creep up during the dark, freezing polar winters. During the long winter months, there was little scientific work to do here, other than the daily checking of meteorological instruments.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Neutron source powers ahead with weapons-grade uranium
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The German government has accorded its sanction for the operation of a research reactor that would be fuelled by highly enriched uranium, which, in turn could be readily diverted to make nuclear weapons. The impact will reduce its neutron flow density but would not significantly limit its scientific usefulness.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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Analysis pours cold water on flood theory
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Weather researches believe that there is no evidence of the trends towards more extreme weather. The statistical analysis of the river-flow data and historical records shows no trend in the extreme summertime flooding frequency in eastern Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2003
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