Archive: Accelerator Applications
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Cargo Scanning Aug 2010 A growing number of ports and border crossings are turning to high-energy X-rays generated by particle accelerators to keep cargo safe and block contraband from entering the country... |
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Sterilizing Medical Supplies Jun 2010 For certain products, such as prefilled, prepackaged syringes, the ideal sterilizing agent may be a stream of electrons from an accelerator... |
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Heat-shrink Tubing Apr 2010 It protects wires and cables in airplanes, alarm clocks, computers, your car and your home. Heat-shrink tubing is just about everywhere... |
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Mining Feb 2010 Looking for ways to get more metal out of ore, scientists are turning to a technology born in particle accelerator research – the synchrotron lightsource. These machines also play a role in analyzing mine waste and developing safe ways to dispose of it... |
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Furniture Finish Dec 2009 Particle accelerators provide clues as to how the universe began, but they also prevent coffee rings. For about 25 years, companies around the world have been using beams of electrons from particle accelerators... |
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Shrink Wrap Oct 2009 If you buy a Butterball turkey this Thanksgiving, you have particle accelerators to thank for its freshness. For decades now, industry has used particle accelerators to produce the sturdy, heat-shrinkable film... |
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Heart Valves Aug 2009 Physicists at Alabama A&M University hope to improve the safety of artificial heart valves by forming them from material bombarded with silver ions from a particle accelerator... |
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