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Crystal impervious to radiation could be used in spaceship computers

Putting two forms of semiconductor material called gallium oxide together seems to make it completely resistant to radiation

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Mars astronauts would get unsafe radiation doses even with shielding

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Plan for microbes to eat Chernobyl's nuclear waste may be ruined

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Should Japan dump radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean?

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Radiation exposure on the moon is nearly three times that on the ISS

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Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

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Safe, extra long-life nuclear batteries could soon be a reality

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Secret to tardigrades' toughness revealed by supercomputer simulation

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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Mould from Chernobyl nuclear reactor tested as radiation shield on ISS

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Space

Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

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We may know why Jupiter's Great Red Spot is red instead of white

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