Science & Technology Review January/February 2009

• Main Author: Bearinger, J P
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUMM MECHANICS; GENERAL PHYSICS; AIR; ANTARCTICA; MANUFACTURING; PHYSICS; ROADS; SAFETY; SUPERCOMPUTERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/946260; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/946260; https://doi.org/10.2172/946260

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) Protecting Our Military Forces--Commentary by John C. Doesburg; (2) Sniffing the Air with an Electronic Nose--A Livermore-designed minuscule sensor could sniff the air to warn of toxic chemicals in manufacturing plants, on city streets, or during battle; (3) Simulations Explain High-Energy-Density Experiments--A 'grand challenge' project on Livermore's Atlas supercomputer reveals the physics of high-energy-density experiments; (4) Seeing Condensed Matter in a New Light--New x-ray diffraction experiments reveal the ultrafast dynamics of a nanoscale solid structure as it evolves over picosecond timescales; and (5) Environment, Safety, and Health in the Extreme--While working in an Antarctica base camp, one Laboratory manager learned important lessons in safety and environmental stewardship.