Focusfusion.org reports Chris Hagen of National Security Technologies announced for the first time an operational project in Las Vegas, Nevada to use large Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) fusion as neutron sources for testing purposes. National Security Technologies had built in 2008 a 500 kiloJoule Dense Plasma Focus called Tallboy that produced 3 MA (million amps) …
Professor Cardwell recently discussed the bulk microstructure of YBCO, and explained the effect of second-phase inclusions on the flux-pinning capability of the material. Methods had now been developed to incorporate nano-scale inclusions into the bulk structure, and a 10-200nm nano-phase based on RE2Ba4CuMOy had been shown to form effective artificial flux-pinning sites. Although these materials …
Hydrophilic (water soluble) carbon clusters are being designed by Rice researchers to sense the presence of oil that remains in old wells. The HCCs are sheets of carbon one atom thick and 60 nanometers long, with embedded molecules that will detect oil, sulfur and water and store information about how much of each they encounter …