On shear flow stabilization concepts for the dense z – pinch by Winterberg (17 page pdf) Different ways to achieve the stabilization of a linear z-pinch by a superimposed shear flow are analyzed. They are: 1) Axial shear flow proposed by Arber and Howell with the pinch discharge in its center, and experimentally tested by …
Ultradense Deuterium (21 page pdf) by Winterberg An attempt is made to explain the recently reported occurrence of ultradense deuterium as an isothermal transition of Rydberg matter into a high density phase by quantum mechanical exchange forces. It is conjectured that the transition is made possible by the formation of vortices in a Cooper pair …
For the second time in just over a year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper temporarily shut down Parliament on Wednesday The anticipation is that Harper will call an election shortly after parliament returns in March. While recent polls have not put the Conservatives decisively ahead, they have shown that the Liberals, the main opposition party, are …
Here is an interview of Geoffrey Noer. (interview by Sander Olson) Mr. Noer is the Senior Director of Product Marketing for SGI, formerly Rackable. At the Supercomputing 2009 conference SGI unveiled the Altix UV supercomputer, which scales to petaflop levels and is capable of running standard software without recompilation. SGI is focused on becoming a …
SuperPower will optimize their second-generation high-temperature superconducting (2G HTS) wire to provide a unique ‘low ac loss’ conductor that will significantly reduce energy losses in the proposed 28 megavolt ampere utility-scale transformer. It is estimated that 40 percent of the nation’s total grid energy losses are from aging conventional transformers and that the use of …
Kazakhstan mined 13,500 metric tons of uranium as of Dec. 21 and will mine at least another 400 tons before the end of the year, Almaty-based, Kazatomprom said in a statement e-mailed today. The press release also discussed Australia and Canada production from second hand source quotation. Actual quarterly and annual reports should be available …
J Storrs Hall, president of Foresight joins FFR to continue their special series leading up Foresight 2010. The conference, January 16-17 in Palo Alto, California, provides a unique opportunity to explore the convergence of nanotechnology and artificial intelligence and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Foresight Institute. 10:00 Eastern/9:00 Central/8:00 Mountain/7:00 …
1. Nuclear power plans in Africa, Middle East * Algeria aims to build its first commercial nuclear power station by around 2020 and to build another every five years after that, energy minister Chakib Khelil* Egypt announced plans to build several nuclear reactors to meet rising power demand in 2007* Russia plans to start up …
A new method of moving tiny particles using magnetic polymer beads and magnetic fields could find uses in microchips and in medicine. Alfredo Alexander-Katz, the Merton C. Flemings Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, his doctoral student Charles Sing, and researchers at Boston University and in Germany, devised a system that uses so-called superparamagnetic …
The Manhattan Beach Project was a conference of leading scientists, entrepreneurs, anti-aging doctors held in Manhattan Beach, California on November 13-15, 2009. The goal of the event was to create real time lines and real budgets designed to completely change the face of aging. The Summit agenda lists a mix of well known names from …
China a will build a 1.4 GW reactor starting in 2013 that will expand on the Westinghouse AP1000 design — a simplified, “advanced passive” (AP) design that reduces the need for human action in the event of an accident. Westinghouse, based in Cranberry, is building the first of four AP1000 nuclear-power plants for China under …