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In this special “breaking”-themed issue of the Argonne magazine, find out the ways that scientists and engineers “break” things (including batteries, atoms, and nuclear reactors) in order to find out how they work — and in many cases, how to make them work better.
You can also learn how towns are preparing for extreme weather like storms, droughts, and floods to avoid infrastructure breakdowns; how scientists are tinkering with the basic chemistry of combustion (that is, breaking down fuel) to make cars cleaner and more efficient; and how supercomputers can help engineers recreate why a truck carrying 35,000 pounds of explosives blew up on a Utah highway and how to transport them more safely.
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