Topic: Science Magazine monthly summary: March through May

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Summary continued:

Holographic display so good it can be used to telepresence expert interogators to any site in the world.

New means of harvesting ocean current energy for electricty is going commercial. The tech is good enough to do away with the havoc sea water wreaked on gearboxes and other components of earlier schemes.


PS:   It's a good thing this article is in the may issue not the april issue or I would have to kill the staff at popular mechanics magazine after this.

[Sirgod]

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As a musician and being Interested in Science (physics) can you highlight this abit more?

 

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Table top fussion found using a sound wave technique. This time scientists are not so sceptical. It appears legit.
 

Stephen  

It's in the follow up section. The original article was in the Feb 1998 issue. It does not go into the details as such merely reports that this march they got new evidence supporting thier earlier discovery. But to get you going a search forthe term: sonoluminescence, Rusi Taleyarkhan, and Purdue university using boolean logic function capable search engines should net you more info.  

Thank You again.  

stephen

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The reactor could either power an ion drive or heat and exhaust fluid such as steam. This says nothing of any weird fringe science propulsion schemes.

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Summary Scientific American:  (april)

Glial cells are more important than thought in memory and thinking. They were dismissed as support cells for the neurons. Turns out to be far from the truth.

Comets, dust and asteroids in other planetary systems can help find planets by the trails they leave.

Choice, data processing over load leads to misery. The tyranny of choice.

The first nanochips are here.

Evolution: the robustness of DNA's error trapping allows for rapid mutation while preserving vital functioning code.

Blast offs on a budget; a myriad of small ventures are set to take off soon.

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Popular Science looks good as well but I've just started reading it. I'll report on it later. I do not have discover or new scientist yet so I cannot comment on them.

[NJAntman]

 

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 It works with the element halfnium and emits so little radiation it would easily be usable at airports.

The first time I ever saw that element name I could have sworn it was made up, like its half-life is actually a quarter-life.  

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element 113 has a half life of 1.6 seconds. element 115 has a halflife of .6 seconds. Scientist say this is proof of the rule for stability at certain "magick" atomic numbers and predict stable elements at 126 and beyond. I wonder whatthier properties (other than being really heavy) will be like.


Fringe Science Alert!!!

The area 51 "physicist" bob lazar says that at 117 or some such the nuclear forces in the nucleus of atom forces the repulsive gravity force to warp outside the nucleus and it is this element that allows the recovered roswell saucers to fly. (cue X files theme song)  

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I t was not as good as I thought. All the good stories were short pieces, just a few paragraphs.

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It's been a while since I did one of these forthe forum but the journals and mags were rather boring. But not this month. It looks like there are some exciting stories. I will summarize them in a few days. This is just a heads up. I have read the SCIAM but have yet to read the POPSCI and POPMEC. SCIAM covered the private launch industry and nuerology amoung other topics.

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Poipular Mechanics Summary:  Nasa is planning to launch a solar sailed spacecraft and a nuclear one. The nuclear one will go to Europa to explore the suspected ocean there. The solar sailed one will power the stellaris inertial stellar compass mission.

Table top fussion found using a sound wave technique. This time scientists are not so sceptical. It appears legit.

New improved plastic body armor.

A new type of nuclear reactor called a quantum nucleonic reactor and does not use fission or fussion is small enough and powerfull enough to power aircraft. The plane has been cleared for takeoff; it will resemble northrup-Grumman's Global hawk. Most data on the craft and reactor are classified but there are declassified engineering studies and technical conference minutes recording etc. It works with the element halfnium and emits so little radiation it would easily be usable at airports.

Woo hoo! Paydirt!      

[Sirgod]

As a musician and being Interested in Science (physics) can you highlight this abit more?

 

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Table top fussion found using a sound wave technique. This time scientists are not so sceptical. It appears legit.
 

Stephen

[Khalee]

Course you know without that flying sauser they found at Roswell? none of this would be possable. Cause humans just aint that smart on their own.

 

[Stormbringer]

Don't matter if the engineer was a short green guy with odd ears and antenna or not we gots it now!

[Stormbringer]

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As a musician and being Interested in Science (physics) can you highlight this abit more?

 

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Table top fussion found using a sound wave technique. This time scientists are not so sceptical. It appears legit.
 

Stephen  

It's in the follow up section. The original article was in the Feb 1998 issue. It does not go into the details as such merely reports that this march they got new evidence supporting thier earlier discovery. But to get you going a search forthe term: sonoluminescence, Rusi Taleyarkhan, and Purdue university using boolean logic function capable search engines should net you more info.

[Stormbringer]

Summary continued:

Holographic display so good it can be used to telepresence expert interogators to any site in the world.

New means of harvesting ocean current energy for electricty is going commercial. The tech is good enough to do away with the havoc sea water wreaked on gearboxes and other components of earlier schemes.


PS:   It's a good thing this article is in the may issue not the april issue or I would have to kill the staff at popular mechanics magazine after this.

[Sirgod]

Quote:

Quote:
As a musician and being Interested in Science (physics) can you highlight this abit more?

 

Quote:
Table top fussion found using a sound wave technique. This time scientists are not so sceptical. It appears legit.
 

Stephen  

It's in the follow up section. The original article was in the Feb 1998 issue. It does not go into the details as such merely reports that this march they got new evidence supporting thier earlier discovery. But to get you going a search forthe term: sonoluminescence, Rusi Taleyarkhan, and Purdue university using boolean logic function capable search engines should net you more info.  

Thank You again.  

stephen

[Stormbringer]

The reactor could either power an ion drive or heat and exhaust fluid such as steam. This says nothing of any weird fringe science propulsion schemes.

[Stormbringer]

Summary Scientific American:  (april)

Glial cells are more important than thought in memory and thinking. They were dismissed as support cells for the neurons. Turns out to be far from the truth.

Comets, dust and asteroids in other planetary systems can help find planets by the trails they leave.

Choice, data processing over load leads to misery. The tyranny of choice.

The first nanochips are here.

Evolution: the robustness of DNA's error trapping allows for rapid mutation while preserving vital functioning code.

Blast offs on a budget; a myriad of small ventures are set to take off soon.

[Stormbringer]

Popular Science looks good as well but I've just started reading it. I'll report on it later. I do not have discover or new scientist yet so I cannot comment on them.

[NJAntman]

 

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 It works with the element halfnium and emits so little radiation it would easily be usable at airports.

The first time I ever saw that element name I could have sworn it was made up, like its half-life is actually a quarter-life.