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Next-Generation Nuclear Power; January 2002; Scientific American Magazine; by James A. Lake, Ralph G. Bennett and John F. Kotek. Sidebar by the staff editors; 10 page(s)

New, safer and more economical nuclear reactors could not only satisfy many of our future energy needs but could combat global warming as well

Relevance: 99%

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Smarter Use of Nuclear Waste; December 2005; Scientific American Magazine; by William H. Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford; 8 page(s)

Fast-neutron reactors could extract much more energy from recycled nuclear fuel, minimize the risks of weapons proliferation and markedly reduce the time nuclear waste must be isolated

Relevance: 99%

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The Way to Go in Space; February 1999; Scientific American Magazine; by Beardsley; 17 page(s)

To go farther into space, humans will first have to figure out how to get there cheaply and more efficiently. Ideas are not in short supply

Relevance: 98%

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Can Nuclear Power Compete?; December 2008; Scientific American Earth 3.0; by Matthew L. Wald; 8 page(s)

Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense

Relevance: 98%

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The Way to Go in Space; The Future of Space Exploration; Scientific American Presents; by Beardsley; 18 page(s)

To go farther into space, humans will first have to figure out how to get there cheaply and more efficiently. Ideas are not in short supply

Relevance: 98%

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Uncovering Supersymmetry; July 2002; Scientific American Magazine; by Jan Jolie, sidebar by Graham P. Collins; 8 page(s)

A strange, elusive phenomenon called supersymmetry was conceived for elementary particle physics - but has come to light in nuclei of platinum and gold

Relevance: 97%

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The Earth's Elements; October 1994; Scientific American Magazine; by Kirshner; 8 page(s)

The elements that make up the earth and its inhabitants were created by an earlier generation of stars

Relevance: 96%

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A Power Grid for the Hydrogen Economy; July 2006; Scientific American Magazine; by Paul M. Grant, Chauncey Starr and Thomas J. Overbye; 8 page(s)

Cryogenic, superconducting conduits could be connected into a "SuperGrid" that would simultaneously deliver electrical power and hydrogen fuel

Relevance: 96%

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Nuclear Explosions in Orbit; June 2004; Scientific American Magazine; by Daniel G. Dupont; 8 page(s)

The spread of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles raises fears of atomic attacks on the global satellite system

Relevance: 95%

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The Search for Strange Matter; January 1994; Scientific American Magazine; by Crawford, Greiner; 6 page(s)

Between nucleus and neutron star stretches a desert devoid of nuclear matter. Could strange quark matter fill the gap?

Relevance: 95%