Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stanford Professor of Materials Science Robert A. Huggins reported two days ago that he found a "very substantial increase" in heat production after filling several electrochemical cells containing two-millimeter-thick palladium slabs with heavy water...
Huggins says he found much more heat production after two days in the cells with heavy water than in those containing normal water...
...Italian researchers forced deuterium gas to diffuse into scraps of titanium at high pressure and at several different temperatures, ranging from 73 degrees below zero Centigrade--the temperature of liquid nitrogen--to room temperature. All other experiments have used either heavy water or liquid deuterium...
...naval experts said it was too early to know if much radiation would escape, though several nuclear subs have sunk without serious leakage. Norwegian ships were instructed by Oslo to take water samples in the accident area to gauge possible atomic pollution...
...hell. Rival militias have relentlessly pounded the Muslim and Christian halves of Beirut, with shells tearing into houses, apartment buildings, schools and even hospitals. Ambulances careen through deserted streets scooping up bodies sliced by shrapnel. During early-morning lulls, men scurry out to buy increasingly scarce bread and bottled water. Then they stop at pharmacies to stock up on tranquilizers to help them get through the next barrage...