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Berkeley Lab: Symmetry in Rotation
Entry offers a brief explanation of rotational symmetry.
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Berkeley Lab: Matter and Antimatter
This page examines the existence of matter and antimatter in nature.
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Berkeley Lab: Other Symmetries
Brief exploration of approximate symmetries used to describe and predict the behavior of nuclei.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Energy Levels
Brief explanation of nuclear energy levels whose location and properties are governed by the rules of quantum mechanics.
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Berkeley Lab: The Shell Model
This entry investigates the Shell Model in which the motion of each nucleon is governed by the average attractive force of all the other nucleons.
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Berkeley Lab: The Collective Model
Entry describes the Collective Model of nuclear structure.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactions
Site investigates nuclear reactions with a description of how they occur.
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Berkeley Lab: The Search for "Heavy" Elements
Discussion of ways to create new elements of increased atomic number and thus to create ever more massive elements that are not found on Earth.
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Berkeley Lab: The Sun
This page provides a brief discussion of the sun and its energy flow.
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Berkeley Lab: Origin of the Elements
Discussion of the creation of the chemical elements that make up the matter we observe throughout the universe.
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Berkeley Lab: Other Stars
Describes other stars besides the sun in our galaxy and the major stages in the evolution of a massive star.
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Berkeley Lab: Cockroft Walton
Provides a description of the Cockroft-Walton accelerator built in 1932.
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Berkeley Lab: Van De Graaff
Featured is a brief description of the Van de Graaff accelerator and its uses.
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Berkeley Lab: Linear
Use this site to learn about the invention of the linear accelerator and how it works.
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Berkeley Lab: Cyclotron
Learn about the cyclotron, a particle accelerator invented in 1929 by Ernest O. Lawrence.
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Berkeley Lab: Continuous Electron Beam
A diagram of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility in Newport News, Virginia.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Reactors
Entry offers a brief explanation of the uses of nuclear reactors.
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Berkeley Lab: Detectors
Exploration of the different types of commonly used detectors with a description of each.
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Berkeley Lab: Computers
A brief discussion of the role computers plays in nuclear science.
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Berkeley Lab: "But What Is It Good For?"
Overview of the many applications of nuclear science that benefit a wide variety of disciplines.
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Berkeley Lab: Smoke Detectors
This reference provides a brief explanation of how smoke detectors work.
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Berkeley Lab: Nuclear Medicine: Cancer Therapy
Use this site to learn how gamma rays and other forms of treatment are used to destroy cancer cells.
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Berkeley Lab: Radioactive Dating
This site provides an overview of radioactive dating, a process used to determine the age of rocks and other materials.
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Berkeley Lab: Industrial Applications
Features an exploration of the many common industrial applications that use radioisotopes including smoke detectors, agriculture, arts and humanities, and the automobile industry.