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Compact Lasers at CSU Recreate the Fusion-Making Environment of Stars

Ece Polat — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:39:07 +0000

The future to laser-driven fusion has been opened with the research conducted by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists. Within this research, scientists created pressures of more than a billion atmospheres. That equals to the pressure in the center of a medium-sized star. After LLNL’s groundbreaking innovation, Colorado State University (CSU) took the research to a […]

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Could High-Altitude Wind Turbines Change Global Climate?

Mila Luleva — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:05:24 +0000

High-altitude wind turbines could possibly change world’s climate, but only after they have supplied a hundred times the energy we currently need- according to scientists. Every once in a while, scientists publish the strangest of things that often makes others sit and wonder how on Earth could anyone think of such idea. In anyway, any scientifically […]

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Baking Soda Capsules Can Capture Carbon Dioxide

Mila Luleva — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:09:54 +0000

Baking soda has been found by US scientists as being suitable for capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Alongside with its ability to clean silver, whiten teeth, sort out belly discomforts, make up delicious soda breads and take up bad smells from carpets, baking soda has been assigned another great property – to […]

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US Annual Energy Waste is Appalling, Declare Experts

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 02:19:52 +0000

In July, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) published a report that suggested that the US is only 39% energy efficient. LLNL’s findings suggest that 2012 was the most energy-wasteful year in over 10 years AND the third most wasteful year since the 1970s. Calculations suggest that the amount of energy wasted in the US annually […]

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Study Describes Wind Power Dependence on Atmospheric Stability

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:53 +0000

Scientists from LLNL, University of Colorado at Boulder and the NREL have recently assessed the performance figures of a wind turbine producing energy on the East Coast, and found how power depends on atmospheric stability. “The dependence of power on stability is clear, regardless of whether time periods are segregated by three-dimensional turbulence, turbulence intensity […]

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Research Institutions to Develop Passive Magnetic Bearings for Various Application

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:17:43 +0000

Bearings are generally indispensable for any mechanical application that requires motion, and while the good-old classic bearings have proved their strong and weak points, a new generation of magnetic bearings is about to get born in the minds of mechanical engineers.

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NSW Scientists Demonstrating Laser-Ignited Radiation Free Nuclear Fusion

Ovidiu Sandru — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:39:43 +0000

An Australian team of scientists from the University of New South Wales seems to have discovered the recipe for making nuclear fusion possible without the high-temperature hassle and without the fear that it would produce harmful nuclear residues.

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