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The U.S. Department of Energy is betting $40 million that particle accelerators can crack one of nuclear power’s oldest problems: what to do with spent fuel that stays dangerously radioactive for ...

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Researchers used a high-energy particle accelerator in France to produce rare, high-resolution three-dimensional reconstructions of dinosaur embryo skulls still sealed inside approximately 200-million ...