“Seeing the ERT images is like flipping to the back of the book.” Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Harry Miley. NNSA pnnl.gov/news-media/was…

Science has shown that COVID-19 is fueled by fat in our bodies. Researchers demonstrated that weight-loss drugs and other fat-targeting compounds stopped the virus in cell cultures within 48 hours. The discovery earned a Paper of the Year award from @NIEHS bit.ly/3yphXPR

To better understand the neutrino, the nEXO Collaboration is searching for an extremely rare process called neutrinoless double beta decay. We are recruiting a summer student to work at SNOLAB on simulations for nEXO. Read the full posting here: snolab.ca/wp-content/upl…

Severe thunderstorms will get worse and occur more frequently in the future from climate change if carbon emissions remain unchecked. Research Pacific Northwest National Laboratory shows the western U.S. could have a 31% increase in precipitation between 2040-2070, as covered by The Associated Press: apnews.com/article/scienc…

From a rocky cavern to one of the quietest places on Earth—this is the legacy of the Majorana Demonstrator. Majorana investigated one of the most perplexing questions in physics: Why is the Universe filled with something instead of nothing? ow.ly/Qazu50MUQsh Oak Ridge Lab U.S. Department of Energy

Long awaited #SnT2023 begins. I have been to every such science conference since ‘09. I don’t ever remember so many talks and posters of interest.

I already knew Amb Grossi was a former delegation leader at Working Group B, I remember him well. At #SnT2023 I learned Grossi, now the DG of IAEA, was *also* present at the creation of CTBT in Geneva.

Dr. Hruby’s #SnT2023 gave a straightforward talk about how US nuclear weapons are maintained, but also bilateral/multilateral transparency, reaffirmed commitments to CTBT and the US moratorium. It’s reassuring to have leaders that talk straight.

Monitoring nuclear explosion has never been more important than now. In this new work, we consider various metrics for optimizing a network for radioactive gas (Xe-133) that leaks into the atmosphere. authors.elsevier.com/c/1hxsq_,cihNN…

Interesting CTBT verification article by friends. Fun to read a fresh work (ie not by me) on topics I've worked on. It gets long in the middle, but supports the short FP list I liked in the 90s. Also, the intro section is good for any scientist. Congrats! doi.org/10.1016/j.jenv…

This group, this meeting series, has done measurable good at making xenon from explosions more clearly anomalous. Means: less hassle for people (and countries) making essential radiopharma, more confidence in monitoring results.

Matt Goodwin led a new paper, "Radionuclide Measurements of the International Monitoring System", describing CTBT monitoring capability & future potential of the network & laboratories. All thanks to Martin Kalinowski Grab a free copy before Feb 17th! authors.elsevier.com/c/1iL9q,62~nfc…

Everyone should learn a little physics. Why? Because it teaches us many ways of analyzing challenges, to reframe them until we find a way to cleanly dissect them into tractable pieces. A diplomat once told me that I was naive because I just looked for ways to solve problems. HNY!

New article compares 3 location methods for radionuclide releases detected by a network. No method works all the time, but good progress. Also, results support more samples measured per day. To me, this affirms current CTBT IMS & IDC trends. Martin Kalinowski authors.elsevier.com/a/1iRsr_,cihNl…

In the nuclear explosion monitoring context, what is an anomaly? We give some real-world examples on magnitude, ATM & hypothesis testing, isotopic ratios, and background discrimination. Then, we present our ideas on future analysis pipelines. doi.org/10.1007/s10967…