Casimir effect theoretically could stabilize and manipulate higher dimensions for warp drive

Arxiv – the Casimir e ffect may serve as a mechanism to mediate higher dimensional stability, and also as a possible mechanism for creating a small but non-zero vacuum energy density. Chapters of 120 page dissertation on Casimir effect 1. we review the nature of the quantum vacuum and discuss the diff erent contributions to …

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Carnival of Space 299

The Carnival of Space 299 is up at Tranquility Base The Meridiani Journal – There’s a lot of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere, thanks to comet impact Nextbigfuture Contributions Virgin Galactic’s billionaire founder, Richard Branson, says his company is planning to fire up SpaceShipTwo’s rocket engine for the first time in flight on Monday — a …

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Drug could expose HIV reservoirs and enable elimination

Currently, there is no treatment to remove HIV from the cells; a group of researchers from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University in Denmark has found exceptional ability to reactivate HIV in a substance otherwise being developed for cancer treatmentWhen HIV activated the cells habouring the virus become visible and vulnerable to the body’s immune …

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2013 Starship Congress will have an update on the Warp Field Experiments

Dr. Harold White will give a talk “Warp Field Physics: An Update” He will review the space warp energy optimization techniques and analysis findings presented at the 2012 100 Year Starship Symposium. He will reintroduce and discuss an interferometer experiment identified in that talk and provide a status update of the experimental effort, along with …

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Sony ISP in Japan launches 2 Gbps internet and other gigabit internet news

1. Sony Corporation announced yesterday that its own Internet service provider So-net Entertainment has launched what is thought to be the world’s fastest Internet connection for home use, with download speeds clocking in at a massive 2 Gbps, on average twice as fast as competing high-speed fibre connections in Japan. Targeting individual homes and apartment …

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Deceleration of an interstellar probe

Several areas of investigation for deceleration of an interstellar probe have been identified and these include: Reverse engine thrust, solar sail, Magsail, Medusa sail, microwave sail, orbital slingshot, aerobraking. This is an analysis by the Icarus project. Reverse engine thrust simply means using the same engine as used during the boost phase, but to decelerate …

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20 billion dollar International Tokomak Fusion Project Keeps Rolling Along but would deliver commercial power in 2050 at the earliest

The ITER project gained final approval for the design of the most technically challenging component – the fusion reactor’s “blanket” that will handle the super-heated nuclear fuel. Over the next few years about a million individual components of the highly complex fusion reactor will arrive at the Cadarache site from around the world. They will …

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China is not the only Country that needs to retool its growth model

Beginning in the 1960s, South Korea has set economic-development records with a growth formula that focused on heavy-industry and manufactured exports. GDP has tripled in just the past 20 years. Yet the nation’s GDP growth is increasingly decoupled from the lives of its middle- income citizens. The number of middle-income households—earning 50 to 150 percent …

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China yuan projected at 6.0 and Japanese yen at 110 to the US dollar at the end of 2013

The Chinese yuan is set to strengthen as rising inflows of speculative capital add to pressure on the currency, the head of a Ministry of Commerce research institute said. “Hot money is flowing into China, and that will push up the yuan exchange rate,” Huo Jianguo, president of the Chinese Academy of International Trade and …

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Global Growth and Defense Spending to 2022 – China, Russia, India and Saudi Arabia would #2 to #5 in 3 out of 4 scenarios

McKinsey has Global Growth Model scenarios out to 2022 bounded by emerging markets’ growth rates (between 3 and 7 percent per year from 2013 to 2022) and advanced economies’ growth at 1 to 3 percent annually. These growth rates define four broad-based scenarios: Global Growth Renewed, Advanced Economies Rebound, Emerging Economies Lead, and Global Lost …

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Cubic Millimeter Micromotes which wirelessly monitor tumors and buildings are a big step to Smart Dust

Michigan micromotes are a development on the path to realizing Smart Dust Micromotes will live off the power they can scavenge from their surroundings. A mote near a light source might use a tiny solar panel, while a mote running somewhere with greater temperature extremes can be built to tap into that, by converting the …

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