LANL
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Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in the US have confirmed a 7.68 oz (217.78 g) piece of gold is in fact a singular crystal. The specimen was discovered in Venezuela decades earlier, but it is only by using an advanced probing instrument can experts now verify its authenticity.
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The ATHENA project, which is developing a "desktop human" for for screening both new drugs and toxic agents, has reported success in the development of its first organ construct, a human liver construct that responds to exposure to a toxic chemical much like a real liver.
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A LANL pulsed magnet has generated a world record 100.75 Tesla magnetic pulse, and lived to tell the story.
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Researchers using computer simulations have created a mechanism whereby displaced atoms (caused by radiation) are returned to their rightful place.