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• Mini nuclear reactors to power remote areas
It's the size of a shed, but you're not likely to find it in any backyard. Using technology originally developed by scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Hyperion Power Generation is creating mini nuclear fission reactors that ...
• Navy OKs Mayport For Nuclear Carrier
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After a year-long study of whether a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier could be stationed at Mayport Naval Station, the secretary of the Navy told members of Florida's congressional delegation Monday that a carrier will be moved ...
• Stone-age nuclear family unearthed
WASHINGTON - A stone-age burial in central Germany has yielded the earliest evidence of people living together as a family. The 4,600-year-old grave contained the remains of a man, woman and two youngsters, and DNA analysis shows they were a mother ...
• Scientists find prehistoric "nuclear family"
LONDON - A 4,600-year-old grave in Germany containing the remains of two adults and their children provides the earliest evidence that even prehistoric tribes attached importance to the family unit, researchers said on Monday. The researchers used ...
• Economy, N. Korea on Bush's APEC agenda
Bush on Friday moved to steady a shuddering economy and speed up the demise of North Korea's nuclear weaponry. Those twin aims framed Bush's weekend stop in Peru for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, where leaders arrived to the stark tone ...