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How bricks, a screwdriver, and a 'demon core' of radioactive material killed 2 Manhattan Project...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA recreation of the experiment shows how Louis Slotin used a screwdriver to hold open metallic...
Hydrogen bombs vs. atomic bombs: Breaking down the differences in how they work, how much they cost,...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Trinity test (left) was made from an atomic bomb whereas Ivy Mike (right) came from a hydrogen...
In the Lab Oppenheimer Built, the U.S. Is Building Nuclear Bomb Cores Again
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAt the New Employee Training (NET) facility of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), empty...
How atomic bombs work and why Manhattan Project scientists designed two types of bombs during WWII
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in "Oppenheimer."Universal Pictures Atomic bombs work via a...
A nuclear bomb is still missing after it was dropped off the Georgia coastline 65 years ago
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThis casing of a Mark 17 thermonuclear bomb was manufactured around the same time as the lost Mark...
How hydrogen bombs work and why they were created after WWII despite being more powerful than atomic...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe first hydrogen bomb test, as part of Operation Ivy, detonated over the Marshall Islands in...
Plutonium pit ‘panic’ threatens America’s nuclear ambitions
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThis is the second story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization...
Futuristic nuclear energy tech is here, but the risks of bombs and another Chernobyl remain
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoNuclear Fusion concept high-energy plasma core Getty Images/koto_feja James Walker thinks it’s time...
LANL's prototype plutonium bomb core passes key tests
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFeb. 19—Los Alamos National Laboratory reached what federal officials say is a key milestone in developing its first plutonium pit that can be placed in a nuclear warhead as it seeks to produce ...
The Demon Core: A Tale of Atomic Ambition and Tragic Fate
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn the history of atomic research, few stories are as gripping or cautionary as that of the demon core, a plutonium sphere designed for one of history's most devastating weapons. This tale not ...
