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Sep 14, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Propulsion Research Center Builds A Better Rocket
Home base for some of tomorrow's great rocket scientists
Sep 12, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Shock Compression Laboratory Smashes Planets
Crashing celestial bodies, without the collateral damage
Sep 7, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The DHS Center of Excellence Destroys IEDs
Learning to stop bombmakers--even before an explosion goes off
Sep 7, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Trauma Mechanics Research Initiative Crushes Skulls
Fun for students, but tough luck for the crash-test dummy
Sep 7, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Plasma Physics Laboratory Makes Miniature Suns
Cranking out plasma at 100 million degrees
Sep 6, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: How to Run a Nuclear Reactor
And how to mutate plant seeds using radiation
Sep 5, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Center for Defense Chemistry Fingerprints Explosions
How to examine the scene of a crime
Sep 4, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Lightning Research Lab Builds its Own Bolts
Where students study the phenomenon, and get to play Zeus
Sep 4, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic Deploys Photon Torpedoes
Tiny, super-powerful beams test the toughness of living cells
Aug 10, 2012
The Labs That Go Boom: The Explosives Engineering Lab Executes Flawless Demolitions
For students interested in building perfect blasts
