1. Vixra – Efficient Energy Conversion of the 14MeV Neutrons in DT Inertial Confinement Fusion by Friedwardt Winterberg In DT fusion 80% of the energy released goes into 14MeV neutrons, and only the remaining 20% into charged particles. Unlike the charged particles, the uncharged neutrons cannot be confined by a magnetic field, and for this …
Colin Bruce is a physicist and science writer living in Oxford. He is an expert in mathematical paradoxes and a lover of mysteries. He has written books like the Einstein Paradox And Other Science Mysteries Solved By Sherlock Holmes. He has a 30 page proposal for Guided Impact Fusion ABSTRACT There is a cheap, practicable …
A researcher has developed curved night-vision goggles using germanium nanomembranes. It has a curved surface that allows a wider field of view for pilots. They solved a background noise problem. Another DOD project for the same researcher is development of imagers for military surveillance that span multiple spectra, combining infrared and visible light into a …
Autodesk, the industry leader in CAD software, has announced it is partnering with biological printer manufacturer Organovo to create 3-D design software for designing and printing living tissue. This will be a dramatic development for Organovo. Their bioprinters allow scientists to deposit cells and grow functional human tissues for use in medical research. They’re amazingly …
Kardashev 2 Worldship A worldship that would require the power level of a Kardashev 2 civilication. In 1987 Burruss & Colwell proposed such an advanced worldship concept. * 1,000 kilometer wide World-Ship * 50 billion passengers * cruise speed of 0.4c (40% of lightspeed). * The antimatter fuel required would be the equivalent of several …
Muons Inc is partnering with ADNA Corp to develop a game-changing application of accelerator technology – designing and building a new form of intrinsically safe nuclear power called GEM*STAR (Green Energy Multiplier*Subcritical Technology for Alternative Reactors). Muons’ first commercial application of GEM*STAR Power can be to use the process heat generated from the accelerator-driven GEM*STAR …
Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have opened the door for the creation of a host of new materials with properties that do not exist in nature. The findings show that researchers can create a “recipe book” to build new materials of sorts using topology, a major mathematical field that describes the properties that …
There is an IMF paper – Is China Over-Investing and Does it Matter? China over investing by about 10% of GDP China’s capital-to-output ratio is within the range of other emerging markets, but its economic growth rates stand out, partly due to a surge in investment over the last decade. Moreover, its investment is significantly …
The second last week of USA oil production was reported. Crude oil production was at 6.984 million barrels per day. This was 121 thousand barrels per day more than the prioer week. October, 2012 crude oil production for Texas was 2.1 million bpd (65.1 million barrels in the month) This was a 50,000 bpd increase …
Here is the US EPA list of best mileage cars for 2013 by class of car. If the electric cars are excluded then the Toyota Prius models are the best with about 50 mpg combined. The best truck is the Lexus 450h with 30 mpg combined. The best minivan is the Mazda 5 with 24 …
An explosion of car use has made fast-growing Asian cities the epicentre of global air pollution and become, along with obesity, the world’s fastest growing cause of death according to a major study of global diseases. In 2010, more than 2.1m people in Asia died prematurely from air pollution, mostly from the minute particles of …