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MagLIF fusion wants to use 30 tesla magnets, 27 megaAmpere Z Pinch and 8...
Researchers working on Sandia’s Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion (MagLIF) experiment added a secondary magnetic field to thermally insulate the hydrogen fuel, and a laser to preheat it (see ‘Feeling...
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Called to stop video ads
If you still see video ads after one hour, let me know in the comments and I will contact the advertisers.I see that the Google ads have brief animation (like for ESPN football) but no sound.The other...
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Powering Starships with Compact Condensed Quark Matter from local very fast...
Compact Composite Objects (CCOs), nuggets of dense Color-Flavor-Locked Superconducting quark matter created before or during the Quantum Chromo- Dynamics phase transition in the early universe, could...
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Winterberg reinvents Project Orion Nuclear Rocket with fallout free, cheaper...
Friedwardt Winterberg's work in nuclear rocket propulsion earned him the 1979 Hermann Oberth Gold Medal of the Wernher von Braun International Space Flight Foundation. Winterberg is well respected for...
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Probably $90+ billion to build and operate 55 US Navy Littoral Combat ships...
In 2013, major and obvious problems with the US Navies Littoral Combat Shipped had been fixed. There is a bill would to prohibit spending any money for “construction or advanced procurement of...
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NSA is working on a quantum computer that would be useful for breaking...
According to documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the NSA has an effort to build “a cryptologically useful quantum computer” — a machine exponentially faster than classical...
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What does the recent prediction of China taking until 2028 to pass the US...
The economic consultancy CEBR (Centre for Economics and Business Research) has gotten coverage for making a new forecast of GDP for the 30 largest economies out to 2028. The main coverage is that they...
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South Korea restart and China Nuclear start and other nuclear News
Three South Korean nuclear power reactors forced to stop operations in May 2013 after finding safety-related control cabling had falsified documentation have been given approval to restart. With the...
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China's historical GDP catchup to the USA with a look at inflation and...
There is a history of China's GDP at wikipedia from 1978 to 2012. This illustrates how inflation and currency exchange versus GDP growth differential factor into China move from US$216 billion to $8.2...
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German infrastructure crumbling as bad as US in 2007 and on the way to as bad...
Flawless autobahns and punctual trains are as much a part of Germany’s image as Beethoven and Goethe. Germany’s famed infrastructure is starting to crumble.The once-soaring bridges are sagging. Some...
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Global Competitiveness Report
The 2012-2013 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness report has insightful information It uses 2011 data but it is useful for undertanding global competitiveness and the broad strengths and...
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The Full NY Times writeup of Isaac Asimov's predictions for 2014
The NY Times had a detailed writeup of what Isaac Asimov wrote for the 1964 World's Fair of what he expected for 2014.There is a shorter edited version which has been making the rounds on the internet...
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SRF Ends the Long History of Aging (Part 1)
Guest Article by Jason Hope:Humankind has learned how to control many serious illnesses over the centuries, from polio to tuberculosis, but scientists have yet to figure out how to stop the aging...
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Computer algorithm developed by TAU researchers identifies genes that could...
Restricting calorie consumption is one of the few proven ways to combat aging. Though the underlying mechanism is unknown, calorie restriction has been shown to prolong lifespan in yeast, worms, flies,...
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Fattening World, Obesity is a pandemic but Daily Show mocking large soda ban...
The number of overweight and obese adults in the developing world has almost quadrupled to around one billion since 1980. The Overseas Development Institute said one in three people worldwide was now...
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Economist Roubini who is famous for accurate bearish calls is bullish on the...
Economist Nouriel Roubini, renowned for his foretelling of doom and gloom in financial markets, has turned bullish in his 2014 outlook, expecting economic performance to "pick up modestly" in both...
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Fed Chair Bernanke says headwinds are abating and growth will pick up in 2014...
Bernanke argues that the headwinds to economic growth that dominated his second four-year term in office are now abating and growth could pick up.Mainly Quotes, Predictions and Explanation from...
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The US F35 jet is partially made in China
The Pentagon repeatedly waived laws banning Chinese-built components on U.S. weapons in order to keep the $392 billion Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter program on track in 2012 and 2013, even as U.S....
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Ice Breaker that rescued the global warming investigators is also stuck in ice
The Chinese icebreaker that sent out a helicopter on Thursday to airlift dozens of passengers [researchers and environmentalists who were investigating the real effects of global warming] from a ship...
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China's coal mining deaths down to 1049 and everyday energy slaughter. But...
China had 549 coal mining accidents in 2013 that left 1,049 people dead or missing. Industry reports from a year ago say more than 1,300 people died in mining accidents in China in 2012 and 1,973 died...
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