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Bomb stoppers

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The National Research Council is proposing the development of new building designs that offer better protection againts bomb explosions. The NRC made the proposal in the aftermath of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK.

Author: Nadis, Steve
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1996
Evaluation, Safety and security measures, Reports, Oklahoma City Bombing, 1995, Bombings, Structural design

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Full speed ahead and damn the dams

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Issues are presented concerning the design and construction of a hydroelectric turbine, measuring 75-inches high and 40-inches in diameter, which is able to produce electricity without the construction of a dam.

Author: Nadis, Steve
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 2001
Innovations, Electric power-plants, Electric power plants, Turbines, Hydroelectric generators

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Hunting the invisible

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Neutrino activity in the cosmos is being monitored and interpreted for scientific research by a group of Antarctic-based scientists operating the Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array.

Author: Nadis, Steve
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 2001
Research, Observations, Neutrino astrophysics, Cosmology

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