The National Ignition Facility (NIF) currently under construction at the University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a 192-beam, 1.8-megajoule, 500-terawatt, 351-nm laser for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high-energy-density experimental studies. NIF is being built by the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) to provide an exp...

Describing fusion reactions between O and Dy and, between O and Sm by the sd− and sdf− interacting boson model, we show that heavy-ion fusion reactions are strongly affected by anharmonic properties of nuclear surface vibrations and nuclear shape, and thus provide a powerful method to study details of nuclear structure and dynamics.

From a Twin Universe perspective, it is proposed that stellar nuclear fusion can account for the negative-energy pressure (Dark Energy) that drives our present-day accelerated cosmic expansion. In the mirror twinned universe all processes are duplicated but with reverse negative polarity. Both the Positive and Negative Universes exist on the opposing surfaces of a topological two-dimensional me...

Eukaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) is the only protein in nature that contains hypusine, an unusual amino acid residue formed posttranslationally by deoxyhypusine synthase and deoxyhypusine hydroxylase. Although the eIF-5A gene is essential for cell survival and proliferation, the precise function and localization of eIF-5A remain unclear. In this study, we have determined the subcellular...

Background: A specific chromosomal abnormality, the Philadelphia chromosome (BCR-ABL fusion), is present in all patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). The b2a2 and b3a2 fusion mRNAs encode p210 fusion protein p210 and e1a2 encode p190. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of BCR-ABL fusion transcript variants in Northeast of Iranian CML patients and to compare the laborato...

Abstract This chapter introduces the reader to fundamentals and reasoning for exploring fusion energy. Fusion, reaction of two hydrogen atoms colliding, is process that powers Sun stars. Fusion works by turning small amounts matter into vast If realized on Earth, nuclear could solve global energy demands generations come.

The observation of galactic γ lines following the decay of radioactive nuclei provides a direct link between nuclear physics experiments in earth-based laboratories and astrophysical observations with space-based observatories. Two examples are presented to illustrate this interplay: the measurement of the lifetime of (44)Ti to allow an improved determination of the (44)Ti mass of the supernova...