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- MIT fusion reactor aids study of nuclear energy.(BUSINESS TRENDS)(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)(Brief article)
- For about six months of the year, bursts of a hot, electrically charged gas, or plasma, swirl around a donut-shaped tube in a fusion reactor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. MIT's reactor, known as Alcator C-Mod, is one of sev For about six months...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- Researchers push nuclear energy.(News)
- Byline: Joe Truini Researchers at two prominent U.S. universities have concluded that nuclear energy cannot be overlooked as part of the world's future energy mix. Nuclear energy is an important option to meet future energy needs...
- Research articles 2003-08-04
- The Future of Nuclear Energy
- The business of making 50-year predictions about nuclear power is not for the fainthearted, but here is one that seems relatively safe: the most important commercial product of nuclear technology for the next 50 years will be a household commodity - electricity. In the longer run there are many other...
- White papers 2003-12-09
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- MIT on "Future Of Nuclear Energy"; Professors Deutch, Moniz Led Study on Solutions for Nuclear Option in Reducing Greenhouse Gases
- WASHINGTON, July 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A distinguished team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and Harvard released today what co-chair Dr. John Deutch calls "the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary study ever conducted on the future of nuclear energy." The report maintains that "The nuclear option should be...
- Research articles 2003-07-29
- Nuclear Fusion Experiment Engages MIT, Columbia Researchers
- CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts ENS — --> Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the sun and stars. At high temperature and pressure, light elements like hydrogen are fused together to make heavier elements, such as helium, in a process that releases large amounts of energy. Now researchers from the Massachusetts...
- Research articles 2004-12-09
- USEC Inc. adds three members to Strategic Advisory Council
- Bethesda-based USEC Inc., a global energy company that supplies enriched uranium fuel to nuclear power plants, added three members to its Strategic Advisory Council. They are: Ernest J. Moniz, a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a former undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Energy; Richard...
- Research articles 2002-08-26
- Study Touts Nuclear Power As Way to Slow Global Warming.
- By Robert Schlesinger, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 30--WASHINGTON--Expanding the production of nuclear power in the United States and around the globe would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, according to a study released...
- Research articles 2003-07-30
- Energy Effort Promises Many Solutions
- Multidisciplinary research program seeks to answer the world's power needs. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has never shied away from the toughest engineering and science challenges, and the school is maintaining this tradition by launching a far-reaching program to develop new energy technologies. Researchers are working to create...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Recession, government spending, and demographics are transforming the workforce right before your eyes. To protect your career, make sure you're on the right side of history. If history is any guide, unemployment will continue to rise after the recession bottoms out, according to Steve Hipple, an economist with the...
- Articles 2009-06-24
- Winners and Losers in the New Job Market
- The fall of Lehman and the broader financial crisis have transformed the job market. Among the consequences: Women are now better off than men and part-time is the new full-time. Here's how you can succeed in the new economic order. But it’s not the sheer numbers of jobs shed...
- Articles 2009-09-15
- N-plants may help climate
- WASHINGTON -- Expanding the production of nuclear power in the United States and around the globe would help reduce carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming, according to a study released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The two-year study, led by former CIA director John...
- Research articles 2003-07-31
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