Unexpected Particle Accelerators: From Chips to Cosmic Rays
By Dr. Zoomie
Dear Dr. Zoomie – I liked the piece you wrote about how particle accelerators work; ...
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Ice Cores and Isotopes: Unlocking Earth’s Climate Past
By Dr. Zoomie
Good evening, Dr. Zoomie! I was reading something about being able to study isotopes to ...
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Understanding and Reducing Medical X-Ray Exposure
By Dr. Zoomie
Yo, Doc Z! I was wondering if you can tell how they make x-rays and ...
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Who Can Own Plutonium? Element Collecting and the Law
By Dr. Zoomie
Who can own plutonium? Hey Dr Zoomie, what’s this about an Aussie getting arrested (or ...
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The 1958 Reactor Accident in Vinca, Yugoslavia
By Dr. Zoomie
The Accident Archives In 1958 a nuclear research reactor in the Boris Kidrič Institute in ...
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How Passive Safety Keeps Nuclear Reactors Under Control
By Dr. Zoomie
Passive safety systems Hi, Dr. Z – I keep hearing about “passive safety systems” on ...
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The Limits of Epidemiology in Calculating Radiation Risks
By Dr. Zoomie
Dr. Zoomie – every now and again I hear about a big debate in radiation ...
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Seeing the Invisible – Neutrino Telescopes
By Dr. Zoomie
Hi, Dr. Z – I read something about neutrino astronomy the other day. But I ...
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Identifying Cancer Clusters: When Should You Be Worried?
By Dr. Zoomie
Birds of a feather…cluster? Good morning Dr. Z! So I gotta say I’m a bit ...
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Probability of Causation: Radiation Exposure & Cancer Claims
By Dr. Zoomie
Probability of Causation Dr. Zoomie, my brother thinks that his cancer is due to radiation ...
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