Experiment Uses Nuclear Plants To Understand Neutrinos

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A collaborative program between Japan and the US is building a massive underground detector for neutrinos emitted from nuclear power plants in Japan. Called KamLAND (Kamioka Liquid scintillator Anti-Neutrino Detector), the detector will capture both antineutrinos from the reactors and neutrinos radiated by the sun.

Research, Neutrinos, Nuclear counters

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Ocean Drilling Floats Ambitious Plans for Growth

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Japan hopes to begin construction of a $350 million riser drill vessel that would expand the global ocean drilling research program by allowing it to explore previously unreachable undersea areas. The drill ship could study the fault in the ocean floor east of Japan and expore the Mohorovicic discontinuity.

Planning, Underwater drilling, Deep-sea drilling ships, Deepwater drillships

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Japanese Jump on Postdoc Bandwagon

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Japanese institutions only recently started regularly employing postdoctoral researchers, and the researchers were thought of as temporary employees by society. Now, the Japanese government has seen the benefits of using postdoctoral researchers, and set a goal in 1995 or employing 10,000 of them by 2,000.

Statistical Data Included, Employment, Scientists

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