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DARPA Responded by Launching Its Biggest and Most Ambitious Robot R&D Program Yet
Jan 3, 2014"Where are the robots?" That was what many people were asking when events at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant spiraled out of control in March 2011. With deadly levels of radiation collecting inside the damaged reactors, attempting to ...
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Human-Caused Climate Change and Air Pollution Remain Major Global-Scale Problems
Nov 13, 2013Human-caused climate change and air pollution remain major global-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning. Mitigation efforts for both of these problems should be undertaken concurrently in order to maximize ...
Tags: Coal, Gas, Nuclear Power
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Uranium Prices Are at Their Lowest Level in Nearly Eight Years
Sep 13, 2013Uranium prices are at their lowest level in nearly eight years, as investors and utilities give up on a quick revival for nuclear power. The market for the radioactive fuel hasn't recovered from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Uranium