Here is the 46 page paper on the Fusion Propulsion Z-Pinch Engine Concept. The Z-Pinch dense plasma focus method is a Magneto-Inertial Fusion (MIF) approach that may potentially lead to a small, low cost fusion reactor/engine assembly1. Recent advancements in experimental and theoretical understanding of this concept suggest favorable scaling of fusion power output yield …
A metal object can be made invisible with the help of ordinary plastic. The object, however, does not become invisible to the human eye – only to electromagnetic radiation at microwave frequencies. In practical terms, this means that electromagnetic waves travelling, for example, between two antennas, do not detect an object located in their path, …
A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices that could make Star Trek’s tricorder seem a bit bulky in comparison, according to a team of researchers. The device uses two beams of acoustic — or sound — waves to act as acoustic tweezers and sort …
The atomic power review has 124 th Carnival of Nuclear Energy If you liked this article, please give it a quick review on ycombinator or StumbleUpon. Thanks Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. …
A technical report on the Cigar Lake Uranium mine was produced on Dec 31, 2011 Cigar Lake will be one of the biggest Uranium mines in the world. From 2016, it is planned to produce 8000-9000 tons per year for 10 years. The mine will nearly double the uranium production from Canada 2013 a few …
Here is the AWARE2 Multiscale Gigapixel Camera website This program is focused on building wide-field, video-rate, gigapixel cameras in small, low-cost form factors. Traditional monolithic lens designs, must increase f/# and lens complexity and reduce field of view as image scale increases. In addition, traditional electronic architectures are not designed for highly parallel streaming and …
The Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) is the EU pathfinder programme in information technologies. 6 Pilot Actions have been funded for a 12-month period starting in May 2011. In the second half of 2012 two of the Pilots will be selected and launched as full FET Flagship Initiatives in 2013. The six FET Flagship Pilot …
A fundamental prediction of superconductivity theory has been demonstrated in the lab for the first time. An international team of physicists has observed coherent quantum phase slip, a phenomenon similar to the well-known Josephson effect in which magnetic flux takes the place of electric charge. Its discovery has fundamental implications for our understanding of macroscopic …
Here is Volvo Vision to achieve totally safe cars and reduced emissions. Our Vision is that no one is killed or injured in a Volvo in the year 2020. * We cannot solve this on our own. Co-operation is necessary! To Reach the Visions we need – Co-operation between different stakeholders: • Vehicle manufacturers • …
Time – Patients with hemophilia need to receive infusions of FIX two to three times per week in order to prevent them from bleeding spontaneously or bleeding too much from even slight cuts and wounds — a potentially fatal condition. But in the new study, four of the six patients who received gene therapy were …
1. Forbes – How China’s Economy Keeps Growing Frank Newman is probably the only American to ever run a Chinese bank and a large American bank in his career. Newman ran the Shenzhen Development Bank for five years, ending in 2010. Prior to that, he worked as a CFO at Bank of America and was …