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Plasma jet wands could rapidly decontaminate hospital rooms
  1. Plasma jet wands could rapidly decontaminate hospital rooms

    Room-temperature plasma beams could essentially dissolve away bacteria and viruses.

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  2. Engineering Events: Earth Day at 50

    Michigan Engineering faculty are hosting teach-ins on a range of Earth Year topics.

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  3. Iran’s centrifuges and nuclear nonproliferation: A Q&A with Sara Pozzi

    Understanding nuclear enrichment and what it means for the “Iran nuclear deal.”

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  4. Using lasers to measure uranium enrichment

    Nuclear energy and nuclear nonproliferation would both benefit from a faster, easier way to measure what proportion of uranium atoms can split.

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  5. How a spray from the hardware store could improve nuclear fusion

    A coating of polyurethane keeps plasma problems in check during magnetic compression.

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  6. Nuclear nonproliferation: $25 million for new tech and developing the security workforce

    Many nuclear engineers who work in national security are headed for retirement. This initiative helps make sure we don’t drop the baton.

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  7. A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

    A U-M-led team of researchers developed the first atomic-level simulation that produced a mysterious defect.

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  8. Nobel Prize for ‘the most powerful laser pulses known to humanity’

    At U-M, Gérard Mourou advanced ‘chirped pulse amplification,’ leading to more precise LASIK eye surgery and pushing the limits of optical science.

    The post Nobel Prize for ‘the most powerful laser pulses known to humanity’ appeared first on Engineering Research News.

  9. Nuclear nonproliferation: U-M participates in project monitoring nuclear reactors from afar

    Secret nuclear power reactors could be detected by capturing elusive antineutrinos.

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  10. Sara Pozzi featured in nuclear nonproliferation podcast

    Listen to Sara Pozzi and colleagues at Oregon State discuss nuclear nonproliferation today and technologies on the horizon.

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