Spray on Liquid Glass is food safe and can make any surface easy to clean and antimicrobial for years and can be used to increase the yields of agricultural crops “SiO2- ultra thin layering” is the technical term for Liquid Glass. The flexible and breathable glass coating is approximately 100 nanometres thick (500 times thinner …
George Miley has been researching nuclear fusion propulsion and has designs for inertial electrostatic space ships. This article previously discussed the funding of an organization that is investigating nuclear fusion for space propulsion. This information is being directly verified and correct information will be posted as soon as possible. The information in this article on …
Wall Street Journal coverage of the G7 meeting and currency discussions Alan Ruskin, who heads foreign exchange strategy at RBS Securities, notes there is more evidence of a strengthening U.S. dollar than there is to indicating a weakening in the currency. “The dollar’s rallied quite sharply. There’s a sense that as the U.S. economy is …
This Z antenna tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is smaller than a standard antenna with comparable properties. Its high efficiency is derived from the “Z element” inside the square that acts as a metamaterial, greatly boosting the signal sent over the air. The square is 30 millimeters on a side. NIST …
(H/T to Joel Upchurch for the links) The interstellar spaceship that is used in the Avatar movie story is based upon the Valkerie Antimatter Starship designed by Charles Pellegrino and Brookhaven physicist Jim Powell Dr. Pellegrino served as a scientific consultant on James Cameron’s Avatar movie. The interstellar vehicles seen in the film are based …
Cameco says Cigar Lake uranium project ready for development as early as April, 2010 Cameco has already pumped most of the water out of the northern Saskatchewan mine, which has been flooded for three years. Goheen said refurbishment of shaft one, the main shaft, is three-quarters complete and the water level is down to the …
The Wall Street Journal and other sources are reporting on a Supreme court Ruling with far reaching implications on the US political process. A divided Supreme Court struck down decades-old limits on corporate political expenditures, potentially reshaping the 2010 election landscape by permitting businesses and unions to spend freely on commercials for or against candidates. …
The Economist magazine argues that similarities between China today and Japan in the 1980s may look ominous. But China’s boom is unlikely to give way to prolonged slump. * James Chanos, a hedge-fund investor, says that China is “Dubai times 1,000, or worse* Another hedge fund, Pivot Capital Management, argues that the chances of a …
1. Shaun Rein at Forbes makes the case that there is no China bubble Betting against China in 2010 is a bad mistake for investors and companies alike. Here are three reasons why Jim Chanos (called Tyco and Enron bust) is wrong and Jim Rogers (co-founder Quantum Fund, Commodities expert) is right about the strength …
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 …
Some comments on Vasimr by Paul March on the Nasa Forum Vasimr has different quoted exhaust velocity ranges for different propellants – * argon has a limit of around 50,000 m/s * 300,000 m/s is possible with hydrogen. The 39 day mission to Mars using VASIMR propulsion takes 200 Megawatts total input power driving 4-to-8 …