Three and a half years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the U.S. has failed to address the risk that a passenger plane flying at high speed could be deliberately crashed into a commercial nuclear plant, setting off fires and dispersing large amounts of radiation according to a new report from the National Academy of Sciences.
A classified report by nuclear experts concludes that the U.S. government does not fully understand the risks involved in allowing commercial nuclear facilities to store large quantities of radioactive spent fuel in pools of water.
severe lack of funding for surveillance and front-line defenses has left the World Health Organization unprepared to deal with a global bioterrorist attack involving an agent such as smallpox, according to a senior official who monitors disease outbreaks for the agency.
Nuclear physicists split yesterday into camps of excitement and skepticism after a group of scientists announced it may have created nuclear fusion -- the awesome power that fuels the sun -- in a device the size of two coffee cups stacked one atop the other.
Researchers have demonstrated that telling a lie produces telltale changes in the brain. The result might eventually form the basis of highly accurate lie detector tests, scientists said.
An experiment that involved smashing together certain subatomic particles at great speeds produced an unexpected result, prompting physicists yesterday to announce that they might be on the verge of finding a new form of matter or energy.
Scientists for the first time have linked multiple brain cells with silicon chips to create a part-mechanical, part-living electronic circuit.