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IEEE Spectrum May 2006 Erico Guizzo |
Bubble Fusion Research Under Scrutiny A Purdue University scientist stands by his findings of a hydrogen isotope undergoing fusion in imploding bubbles. Meanwhile, a group of researchers funded by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to reproduce his results saw no evidence of fusion. |
BusinessWeek March 29, 2004 Otis Port |
More Bang From The Bubble? "Sonofusion" may one day outshine other nuclear methods in generating energy |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Rachel Courtland |
Laser Fusion's Brightest Hope The National Ignition Facility houses the world's most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution? |
Wired April 2001 |
Verge A coalition of 14 fusion-research institutions funded by the US Department of Energy will test whether new generation methods can make magnetic fusion an efficient, affordable source of energy... |
Popular Mechanics February 25, 2008 Erik Sofge |
MIT Fights for Clean Power With Holy Grail of Fusion in Reach A look down the belly of extreme machines producing forces 100,000 times stronger than the Earth's and forecasting the future of efficient energy. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Mark Anderson |
New Cold Fusion Evidence Reignites Hot Debate Telltale neutrons appear, but skepticism remains. |
Chemistry World October 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Higher Than the Sun Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith, head of the UK fusion program, would like to see viable fusion power a reality in his lifetime. To this end, he is strongly backing Iter, an international fusion project. |
IEEE Spectrum January 2013 William Sweet |
Could Fusion Clean Up Nuclear Waste? Physicists propose a marriage of fusion and fission reactors that could save both technologies |
Popular Mechanics October 2004 Harrison H. Schmitt |
Mining The Moon An Apollo astronaut argues that with its vast stores of nonpolluting nuclear fuel, our lunar neighbor holds the key to Earth's future. |
Geotimes November 2004 Megan Sever |
Fusion Stalemate Fusion as a viable energy source for the future... A "Takeout" nuclear plant... |
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Paul Wallich |
Fusion on a Budget Building your own nuclear fusion reactor is easier than you think |
Industrial Physicist Dec 2003/Jan 2004 Chichester & Simpson |
Compact accelerator neutron generators These small devices are useful for detecting and quantifying different elements in a variety of materials and find applications in identifying explosives, chemical weapons, and nuclear materials. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2010 Adee & Guizzo |
Nuclear Reactor Renaissance Nuclear reactor design is poised for a desperately needed revival. Here are seven contenders |
Technology Research News June 15, 2005 |
Power Sources: Fuel Cells, Solar Cells, Heat, Vibration and Fusion Summaries of how each of these power sources work to create energy. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2011 Willie D. Jones |
A Fusion Thruster for Space Travel Clean, highly energetic reaction delivers a lot of drive from a drop of fuel. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2008 Peter Fairley |
Does Fusion Have a Future? U.S. funding reversal for ITER suggests that fusion energy, which always seems to be close to discovery, has run out of time. |
Popular Mechanics July 2009 Erik Sofge |
6 Bright Ideas for the Future of Energy While wind turbines and solar panels are impressive green technologies, the way to really slash one's bills and environmental impact is to live in a hyperefficient house |
Popular Mechanics February 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
Plasma Plaything Warms Up for Sun-Level Work on Fusion Fusion reactors -- the near-mythic energy sources that have been on the horizon for half a century -- may be coming one step closer. |
Wired September 22, 2008 Josie Glausiusz |
Star Power: Why Fusion Proves Elusive In his Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking, Charles Seife says "Fusion is as close as science gets to something for nothing." |
Chemistry World March 22, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Cold Fusion Back on the Menu Preparations are under way for an invited symposium focusing on cold fusion and low-energy nuclear reactions at the American chemical society's 2007 conference. Will the flare-up of cold fusion excitement last? |
Popular Mechanics October 2006 Alex Hutchinson |
The Next Atomic Age America's nuclear power plants will soon have to be replaced -- but with what? |
National Defense December 2010 Grace V. Jean |
Advancing Hidden Nuclear Material Detection On any given day, ships and trucks deliver cargo containers filled with tons of imported goods. Homeland security officials have long warned that terrorists may use them to smuggle nuclear materials into the United States. |
Chemistry World January 6, 2016 Jon Cartwright |
Graphene sieves deuterium from hydrogen Materials composed of a single layer of atoms, such as graphene, can separate hydrogen and deuterium more effectively than almost any other process. |
Scientific American February 28, 2005 Charles Q. Choi |
Back to Square One After 15 years, cold fusion got a second chance at legitimacy from the U.S. Department of Energy, often seen by cold fusion advocates as their greatest enemy. History repeated itself, with a verdict that evidence remained inconclusive. |
Scientific American October 2008 Yam, Minkel & Choi |
Updates: Whatever Happened to LED Lightbulbs? Update on flawed bubble fusion experiment... Viruses classified as living entities... Cheaper LEDs... George the Galapagos tortoise may soon be a father... |
Chemistry World January 12, 2012 Jon Cartwright |
Shortages spur race for helium-3 alternatives The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex, based in Tokai, needs 100,000 liters of helium-3 to run properly, but has secured only 85,000 liters. |
Chemistry World August 1, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
High hopes for new UK neutron source The ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK, has launched a second target station for neutron beams which will allow scientists to study a range of new systems |
Popular Mechanics May 2006 Fox et al. |
TechWatch This isn't your father's particle accelerator... Conexpress orbital life extension vehicle (CX-OLEV)... Watching malaria... Resident roboticist.. How do they know the temperature of the sun?... How to stop a bomb... |
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Z machine puts the squeeze on metallic deuterium Scientists in the US and Germany have successfully transformed liquid deuterium into a metal at pressures rivaling those at the center of our own planet. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2012 Dave Levitan |
The Rich and Their Reactors Branson, Gates, and Bezos are pushing for nuclear reactors of one sort or another |
Chemistry World February 10, 2010 Simon Hadlington |
Inching towards the island of stability An international team of researchers has for the first time directly measured the mass of an element heavier than uranium. |
Chemistry World June 14, 2013 Philip Ball |
Protons wander freely in icy gas giant cores If you squeeze ice hard enough, its protons fall off. That's the conclusion of a new study by Malcolm Guthrie of the Carnegie Institution of Washington and colleagues. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2010 Sally Adee |
Physics Projects Deflate for Lack of Helium-3 U.S. radiation detectors suck up the existing supply |
Popular Mechanics June 15, 2009 Andrew Moseman |
10 Geekiest Elements Ever Created in a Lab The periodic table doesn't end at 92 -- not even close. Last week the official tally reached 112 |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 |
European Fusion Researchers Choose Cedip Infrared for IR Thermography The European Fusion Development Agreement has awarded Cedip Infrared Systems in France a contract to supply a further advanced infrared thermography system for monitoring the temperature of components inside its Tokamak Fusion reactor. |
Science News October 24, 2008 Davide Castelvecchi |
Sun In A Bottle: The Strange History Of Fusion And The Science Of Wishful Thinking With great explanatory skill, Charles Seife explains in his latest book how fusion works and why it is so hard to get power out of it. |
National Defense November 2014 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
New Energy Technologies Could Provide Military With Inexhaustible Power Sources The Defense Department will need renewable energy sources that can juice up soldier equipment, sustain weapon systems and power bases, all while reducing the department's logistical tail and reliance on fossil fuels. |
Science News March 9, 2002 |
TimeLine: March 5, 1932 Weird leather costumes protect electric workers... Neutron, atomic brick, may solve mystery of cosmic rays... Solid matter composed of numerous atoms in blocks... |
Chemistry World October 24, 2007 James Mitchell Crow |
Drip Line Slips Away Researchers have squeezed 29 neutrons into an atom of aluminum, bringing into doubt current theories which predicted that it would be too unstable to exist. |
Chemistry World September 30, 2009 Phillip Broadwith |
Element 114 confirmed US scientists have confirmed the discovery of element number 114, first made over a decade ago by a team in Russia. |
Chemistry World November 20, 2015 |
Foaming at the reactor mouth Nothing stops a plant process faster than the dread words 'we have a stuck bottom valve'. |
Science News August 31, 2002 |
TimeLine: August 27, 1932 Russians dedicate world's largest power plant... New theory explains radioactive disintegration... New isotopes predicted with neutrons as "bricks" |
Chemistry World November 19, 2008 Hepeng Jia |
Debate still heated on China's fusion plans Following the establishment of a national centre for China's involvement in Iter, the international fusion project, some scientists are still questioning the country's participation in the scheme. |
Industrial Physicist Feb/Mar 2004 |
Letters Micro vs. Macro... Neutron generators... Electric grid... etc. |
Science News May 13, 2006 |
From the May 9, 1936, Issue Scientists Describe Design of Fortress for Atom Study... New Weapon Against Cancer Possible in Neutron Ray... Scientist Predicts Nature of Communication of Future... |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Peter Alpern |
MIT Nanocomposite Material Holds Promise for Energy MIT scientist creates a model to design radiation-resistant materials. |
Science News January 22, 2005 |
From the January 19, 1935, Issue Girl Twins Repeat Famous Experiment of Jimmy-Johnny... Electric Currents Picked up From Head Show Brain Action... Triple-Weight Hydrogen Made From Lithium Atoms... |