Friday Feature: New detector system by the team from MIT and Berkeley Lab Research based on simple tetromino shapes could determine the direction and distance of a radiation source with fewer detector pixels.
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Friday Feature: A study by graduate students Hao Tang and Guoqing Wang, and Profs Ju Li and Paola Cappellaro, identified “neutronic” molecules, in which neutrons can be made to cling to quantum dots, held just by the strong force.
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Friday Feature: A new study by NSE's Ali Ayoub and Prof Haruko Wainwright along with collaborators maps how the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear accident unfolded and points to the importance of mitigation measures and last lines of defense.
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Friday Feature: Sporadic energy access in his native Nigeria set NSE's Prof Ericmoore Jossou on the path to nuclear engineering.
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Friday Feature: Professor Anne White is one of many MIT professors who teach MITx courses and continue the legacy of creating better opportunities for all.
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'Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century' is a chance to get nuclear-related questions answered. Joining us are Prof Jacopo Buongiorno, Prof Zach Hartwig, John Ball & Assil Halimi, experts in fission and fusion.
March 14, 5-7 PM. Twenty Chimneys (MIT W20-306)
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Friday Feature: NSE's Professor Mike Short & team demonstrated that some metal alloys become more resistant to corrosion when they are subjected to radiation and province guidelines for selecting commercial alloys for molten salt–based nuclear reactors. energy.mit.edu/news/promising…

Friday Feature: An MIT team, that includes NSE's Thanh Nguyen and Mingda Li, precisely controlled ultrathin magnetic materials at room temperature — a step that could allow magnetic-based devices to achieve unprecedented speed, efficiency, and scalability. news.mit.edu/2024/researche…

Friday Feature: NSE’s Jacopo Buongiorno, elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2024, honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education.
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Friday Feature: Professor Paola Cappellaro and a team of researchers have developed a technique to identify and control larger numbers of atomic-scale defects, to build larger systems of qubits that can improve sensitivity or quantum sensing devices. news.mit.edu/2024/technique…

Friday Feature: Professor Areg Danagoulian's article describes the history of nuclear power in Armenia and how it can help with understanding and assessing the value of nuclear energy. thebulletin.org/2024/01/how-nu…

Friday Feature: NSE alum, Masashi Hirose is CEO and Co-founder of NanoQT — Japan’s first quantum hardware-focused startup with a vision for more secure, powerful, and accessible quantum computers. youtube.com/watch?v=8xHv4Y…

Friday Feature: Lt. Col Jill Rahon's PhD work shrinks very large beam facilities — hundreds of meters long — to a system that could be conceivably put on the back of a truck and moved from one location to another for verification and inspection.
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Andriy Tuz who came to MIT through the U.S. government’s 'Uniting for Ukraine' program works as an irradiation facilities engineer, helping design, build and operate experiments in MIT's Nuclear Reactor Lab.
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Friday Feature: Keen to accelerate the adoption of nuclear energy, Isabel Naranjo De Candido is working on methods to optimize construction and operation of production plants.
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Friday Feature: The newest professional education course offered by NSE is a 3-week course developed for Australian Submarine Agency that covers basics of nuclear reactor theory & design, operations & safety, training, & operation of nuclear shipyards.
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Best wishes for 2024 — we look forward to sharing stories and news from NSE through the new year.
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Friday Feature: NSE PhD candidate Lieutenant Colonel Jill Rahon works on finding engineering solutions for issues that involve radiation and emissions from nuclear reactions.
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Friday Feature: MIT researchers, including NSE's Mingda Li, have trapped electrons in a pure crystal, marking the first achievement of an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional material. news.mit.edu/2023/physicist…

Professor Bilge Yildiz and colleagues devised a machine-learning-based method to investigate how materials behave at their surfaces. The approach could help in developing compounds or alloys for use as catalysts, semiconductors, or battery components.
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