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nuclear power

Abstract image of two glowing orbs surrounded by spirals of light

Physics

Wiggling atom probes buddy molecule without disturbing it

Physicists can observe complex molecules without disrupting them by linking them up to a charged atom, giving a new way to probe fundamental physics

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screen grab of TV report on Fukushima disaster

Health

Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation

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Korea missile

Humans

Talk of a 'localised nuclear conflict' is ignorant and dangerous

Leader

Pierre and Marie Curie

Humans

Up and atom: The fights to put people into the periodic table

Features

radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

Physics

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

Health

A nuclear ghost town in Japan welcomes back residents this week

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Southern Milky Way

Space

Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements

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Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in Kazakhstan

Health

Exposed: Soviet cover-up of nuclear fallout worse than Chernobyl

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Diamond anvils being used to put pressure on hydrogen sample

Physics

Metallic hydrogen finally made in lab at mind-boggling pressure

Diamonds, low temperatures and pressures way above what's found at Earth's centre were used to create a form of hydrogen foreseen back in the 1930s

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Technology

How Trump’s erratic nuclear posture could spark a new arms race

Insight

Health

Is historic Soviet radiation health data too hot to handle?

Leader

Health

Exclusive: First visit to Russia's secret nuclear disaster site

Features

Life

Breakthrough Prize hands out $25 million for 'Oscars' of science

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