Month: September 2019

Graphene Terahertz Telescopes Will be Thousands of Times Better Than Current Thz Telescopes

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Currently superconductors are used for Terahertz telescope detects but new graphene terahertz detectors will use less than 0.1% of the power. Instead of microwatts, the graphene detectors could use 0.1 nanowatts. If a superconducting detector could produce a single pixel then new graphene detectors could have 1000 to 10000 pixels. Above – ​The image depicts …

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Update on Zap Energy Compact Z-Pinch Nuclear Fusion

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Zap Energy, the University of Washington, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are advancing the shear-flow stabilized Z-pinch concept and assessing its potential for scaling to fusion conditions and a practical path to a compact, low-cost fusion reactor. The Z-pinch is a geometrically simple and elegant approach to fusion, utilizing an electric current to simultaneously magnetically …

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P3Tek Recommends Thorcon Molten Salt Nuclear Reactor for Indonesia

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P3Tek presented the results of a 10-month study of the ThorCon thorium/uranium-fueled molten salt reactor (MSR) power plant. The study reviewed regulation, safety, economics, and the grid load and concluded the ThorCon TMSR500 liquid fission power plant can supply Indonesia electricity needs in 2026-2027. ThorCon International is a nuclear engineering company that has expressed interest …

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With Quantum SpeedUp Proven Will There Be Quantum Manhattan Projects?

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Google will likely announce quantum speedup and quantum supremacy has been proven using the random circuit selection problem. It is pretty clear that physics allows quantum speedup. Will there be Quantum Manhattan Projects? Phase 1a – Scale existing superconducting technology to 1000 or so non-error-corrected qubits. Phase 1b – Try to get better qubits and …

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