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Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion
May 27, 2008 |
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To many people, cold fusion sounds too good to be true. The idea is that, by creating nuclear fusion at room temperature, researchers can generate a nearly unlimited source of power that uses water as fuel ...
Z machine exceeds two billion degrees Kelvin: hotter than the interiors of stars
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Mar 08, 2006 |
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Sandia’s Z machine has produced plasmas that exceed temperatures of 2 billion degrees Kelvin — hotter than the interiors of stars. The unexpectedly hot output, if its cause were understood and harnessed, could ...
Tabletop nuclear fusion device developed
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Feb 13, 2006 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a tabletop accelerator that produces nuclear fusion at room temperature, providing confirmation of an earlier experiment conducted at the University ...
Sonofusion Experiment Produces Results Without External Neutron Source
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Jan 27, 2006 |
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A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences has used sound waves to induce nuclear fusion without the need for an external neutron source, according ...
Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
Feb 07, 2006 |
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As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft winds its way on a nine-year journey toward Pluto and the outer solar system, at least one expert wonders why such missions need to take so long.
MIT tests unique approach to fusion power
Mar 28, 2008 |
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An MIT and Columbia University team has successfully tested a novel reactor that could chart a new path toward nuclear fusion, which could become a safe, reliable and nearly limitless source of energy.
Coil design confines plasma in stellarator fusion reactor
Aug 10, 2007 |
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Researchers from New York University have designed a configuration of coils for a stellarator, a type of device that controls fusion reactions. The shape, number and position of the coils are optimized to ...
Physicists generate ball-lightning in the lab
Jun 06, 2006 |
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Scientists in the joint study group of Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik and Berlin’s Humboldt University have generated ball-lightning in the laboratory - or, to be more precise, ball-lightning-like plasma ...
Fusion scientist revives magnetic mirror machine with cool new idea
Dec 13, 2006 |
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Since the development of the hydrogen bomb in the ‘50s, scientists have speculated that the power of fusion might serve as a renewable energy resource. Research has revealed the challenges of this goal, and ...
New spaceship force field makes Mars trip possible
Nov 04, 2008 |
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According to the international space agencies, "Space Weather" is the single greatest obstacle to deep space travel. Radiation from the sun and cosmic rays pose a deadly threat to astronauts in space.
Rapid-fire: Electrical circuit may bring Sandia Z to fusion sooner
Apr 25, 2007 |
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An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary ...
Transparent aluminium is 'new state of matter'
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford scientists have created a transparent form of aluminium by bombarding the metal with the world’s most powerful soft X-ray laser. 'Transparent aluminium' previously only existed in science ...
Scientist says neutron stars, not black holes, at center of galaxies
Dec 01, 2005 |
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For the past 50 years, black holes have been all the rage. Now, a University of Missouri-Rolla researcher says they never existed.
Z machine melts diamond to puddle
Nov 02, 2006 |
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Sandia’s Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid.
Physicists persevere in quest for inexhaustible energy source
Jun 01, 2006 |
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As gas prices soar and greenhouse gases continue to blanket the atmosphere, the need for a clean, safe and cheap source of energy has never seemed more pressing. Scientists have long worked to meet that need, ...
