The agenda of the IEC 2009 conference has links to the presentations Dynamic Electron Injections for Improved IEC-POPS Operation [ ppt ] IEC computer simulation: Two-dimensional (2d) Particle-in-cell (PIC) Simulation of Polywell • DD fueled Polywell will be smaller than ITER.• Wiffleball effect is needed but remains to be seen.• Neutral gas fuel must be …
1. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is displaying, for the first time REX, a small robotic platform designed to accompany ground forces on operations. REX, which can carry up to 200 kilograms, is designed to assist groups of 3-10 ground soldiers on operational and logistical missions for up to 72 hours without refueling, and acts as …
The Fermi paradox is if the universe contains many technologically advanced civilizations, combined with our lack of observational evidence to support that view, seems to be inconsistent. Either this assumption is incorrect (and technologically advanced intelligent life is much rarer than we believe), our current observations are incomplete (and we simply have not detected them …
There was a Medieval Warm Period (900-1100 AD), in central Greenland at any rate. But we knew that — that’s when the Vikings were naming it Greenland, after all. *the axis is degrees C. The Greenland ones are actual (yep, it’s cold there), the Vostok are delta of current temp * CO2 can migrate in …
China is expecting to have 1400-1500 GW of electrical generation capacity in 2020 China has announced plans to double its nuclear power generation goal from 4% to 8% of total installed power capacity by 2020. China’s Ministry of Finance and its State Administration of Taxation already implemented a 15 year tax preference policy for the …
Here is a 48 page presentation on a project called “One Pass to Production : Radical Productivity Improvement”. It has the goal within 8 years of reducing the development time for a new cellphone from 2 years down to one day. The presentation was made in 2007 and the project was started in 2001. One-Pass …
North Carolina State University engineers have created a new material that would allow a fingernail-size computer chip to store the equivalent of 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text, far exceeding the storage capacities of today’s computer memory systems. (H/T Brett Coalson) the engineers made their breakthrough using the process of selective doping, …
This site has covered the EMdrive before. EMDrive presentation at Space 08 conference, Barbican, London View more presentations from A. Rocketeer. The EmDrive is highly controversial research in propulsion which would be reactionless and uses superconducting cavities. Rocketeer comments: Here’s my take on it. It “works” after a fashion (actually generates thrust), but not in …
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy * SENS is not one breakthrough and will not be a pill* one month of a series of procedures, stem cell therapies, gene therapy, small molecule drugs etc… and then repeated every 10-30 years* thorough repair and maintentance of tissues* Could have significant …
The head of India’s Atomic Energy Commission, Anil Kakodkar, announced yesterday in Vienna a special version of the forthcoming Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) adapted to use low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. The original design is fuelled by a mix of uranium-233 and plutonium bred from thorium using fast neutron power reactors earlier in a thorium …
Forbes has a list of other US Legislation [besides Healthcare, climate change and finance regulatory reform. Appropriations: Aside from health care reform, this will be Congress’ main task between now and December, as the Senate has only approved four of the 12 appropriations bills. Defense spending: Perhaps the most contentious of the spending bills now …