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Friday, November 6, 2009A shortfall of helium-3, the lighter isotope of the most inert element, threatens several research fields, and the Department of Energy, the major supplier, is releasing the gas, which is used in neutron detectors that help prevent the smuggling of plutonium and other radioactive materials into the country, only to researchers with U.S. funding.
Author: Adrian Cho
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5954/778?rss=1
Author: Adrian Cho
Original article from http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5954/778?rss=1
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