Paul March indicates that Eagleworks NASA has started the build of their 1.2kW magnetron powered EM-Drive prototype in a tetter-totter balance system. It is being built to replicate the thrust magnitudes of the Shawyer tests and the Chinese replication of same. Estimated build time should in the 2 month time period with the limited manpower …
US crude oil production hit another post-1973 record with 9.213 million barrels per day. Oil storage space is shrinking in the US and Europe as USA and Saudi Arabia and OPEC are not cutting back on production. Oil tankers are once again being heavily used to store crude oil by oil traders who are counting …
China’s biggest reactor operator, China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN), will put another five reactor units into operation this year, company executives said, adding that they remain confident in the sector’s growth despite approval delays. The state-owned company, parent of Hong Kong Listed CGN Power, completed three new reactors in 2014, taking its total fleet …
A 45,000 ton ship with a large, horizontal flight deck and up to 20 F-35B Joint Strike Fighters sure does look like an aircraft carrier. However, the USA does not want to count such carriers as aircraft carriers. So they are defined as not being an aircraft carrier able to control an area of the …
The US embassy in France and all of twitter, facebook and other internet sites are providing support for the Charlie Hebdo French magazine company that was attacked by muslim extremists. Masked gunmen opened fire Wednesday in the offices of a French satirical newspaper known for provocative content on Islam, killing at least 12 people and …
A single layer film of an Iron superconductor has a critical temperature above liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors are far cheaper to operate than those that require lower temperatures. Recent experiments on FeSe films grown on SrTiO3 (STO) suggest that interface effects can be used as a means to reach superconducting critical temperatures (Tc) …
A new technique uses a pulsing laser to create synthetic nanodiamond films and patterns from graphite, with potential applications from biosensors to computer chips. “The biggest advantage is that you can selectively deposit nanodiamond on rigid surfaces without the high temperatures and pressures normally needed to produce synthetic diamond,” said Gary Cheng, an associate professor …
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Energy East is an improbable pipeline that has a high probability of being built. It will cost C$12 billion ($10.7 billion) and could be up and running by 2018. Its 4,600-kilometer (2,858-mile) path, taking advantage of a vast length of existing and underused natural gas pipeline, would wend through six provinces and four time zones. …
Angus Maddison gave a presentation to the UK House of Lords in 2005 that looked at the world economy, the leading economies and the most successful follower countries from 1820 to 2001 with projections to 2030. There are also more detailed analysis of the history of world energy from 1820. Notice that nuclear energy adoption …
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