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Google Honors Physicist Stefania Maracineanu With Doodle On Her 140th Birthday
Stefania Maracineanu was commemorated with a whimsical Google Doodle for her 140th birthday on June 18. Stefania Maracineanu was a Romanian physicist who worked at the Radium Institute in Paris under the direction of world-renowned scientist Marie Curie. She died in 1944 from cancer, which was allegedly caused by her exposure to radioactive substances. According to Google, the woman was a pioneer in the discovery and investigation of… read-more
Tags: Google, Google Doodle, physicists, radioactivity, stefania maracineanu
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UK, Japan Scientists Use Robots To Dismantle Defunct Nuclear Sites
A team of scientists from the UK and Japan using long-reach robotic-arms to dismantle old nuclear facilities like Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi and England’s Sellafield nuclear reactors. The robotic-arms called ‘LongOps’ will help to reduce the risk of spills, seepage, radiation leaks and speed up the dismantling process. Moreover, the Rs 120-crore-project will help to dilute the burden of risk assessment and decommissioning of these sites… read-more
Tags: Robots, radioactivity, nuclear plant, Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, UK
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