The US Navy and US government recovery act funded nuclear fusion based on work of Robert Bussard has issued a very brief report. As of the third quarter of 2011, the WB-8 device has generated over 500 high power plasma shots. EMC2 is conducting tests on Wiffle-Ball plasma scaling law on plasma heating and confinement. …
Sanofi-Pasteur, the world’s biggest vaccine company, has signed a contract with the University of California, San Diego, to develop “an immunological approach to acne prevention and treatment”. Acne is no joke. “More than 85 per cent of teenagers and over 40 million people in the United States alone are suffering this disease” and many adults …
In recent years, some physicists have found some cuprates in which the transition to zero resistance occurs at a lower temperature than the Meisner effect. So at low temperatures, the cuprate acts like a normal superconductor. As the temperature rises, it goes through a first transition and loses its zero resistance while maintaining the Meisner …
Sasha Pallenberg from the specialist Internet site Netbooknews has repeated his prediction that sales of tablet computers using Android would surpass those of the iPad by the end of next year. This prediction seems to be for unit sales volume and depends upon the success of $100 and cheaper tablets and $200 tablets. Dollar volume …
Some academics have written an 8 page paper about exascale computing and the end of Moore’s law. Marc Snir et al try to make the case that * We will hit the end of Moore’s law in mid-2020 with 7 nanometer lithography chips. * spintronics may not be ready in time they call for * …
A sample of ‘Cambridge crude’ — a black, gooey substance that can power a highly efficient new type of battery. A prototype of the semi-solid flow battery is seen behind the flask. Photo: Dominick Reuter Flow batteries have existed for some time, but have used liquids with very low energy density (the amount of energy …
We reported today that Dr. James Woodward is now seeing consistent thrust signatures that are reversible in the 1.0 micro-Newton thrust range as captured using his ARC-Lite torque pendulum, which has a force resolution of ~0.05 micro-Newtons. Paul March has explained what scaling up could look like if development were to proceed smoothly from here: …
Pure Energy Systems reports that Andrea Rossi has stated that there are currently 105 E-Cat modules in continuous operation. Rossi claims these are modules that will be used in the one megawatt plant, and that he is personally constructing additional units every day. Andrea Rossi has announced that an E-Cat unit will be sent to …
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics is continuing to examine the causes of the shot-to-shot variability that affects FF-1 (as it does all DPFs to date) and the reason that we, in general, are getting lower fusion yields than our theory expects Previously we have traced this to a too-early generation of the electron and ion beams that …
Researchers at King’s College London and Osaka University in Japan have identified specific bone marrow cells that can transform into skin cells to repair damaged skin tissue. The research showed that around one in every 450 bone marrow cells has the capacity to transform into skin cells and regenerate the skin. The team also identified …
More stringent emissions standards for motor vehicles would affect regions differently. Climate impacts are shown in terms of radiative forcing (top row), a measure of the change in the Earth’s energy balance. Positive forcing accelerates global warming, whereas negative forcing slows it. Health benefits are shown as avoided premature deaths (2nd row). Agricultural benefits are …