Just in case you have no fear of COVID-19:Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America
Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.
Esoteric for most readers here (and even to a bit for someone like me trained in atomic collisions and surface physics). But it is significant.jhu72 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:41 pm Big Deal in Particle Physics. This opens up a new era of discovery in this discipline. Would expect new 4 + quark particles to be discovered at a greater rate now. It is clear LHC has high enough energy to fill out the entire zoo of 4 quark particles.
Looks like they have a decent theoretical underpinning behind the design - the ultimate question is can they produce a working model in less than 20 years.Kismet wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:28 am https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/clim ... fb-nytimes
Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
"A series of research papers renews hope that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achievable.
Scientists developing a compact version of a nuclear fusion reactor have shown in a series of research papers that it should work, renewing hopes that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the sun produces energy might be achieved and eventually contribute to the fight against climate change.
Construction of a reactor, called Sparc, which is being developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a spinoff company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, is expected to begin next spring and take three or four years, the researchers and company officials said.
Although many significant challenges remain, the company said construction would be followed by testing and, if successful, building of a power plant that could use fusion energy to generate electricity, beginning in the next decade."
I would be interested in thoughts on this from scientists/engineers around here - TIA.
Very cool.jhu72 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:28 pm Solar Cells that can be refurbished to manufactured efficiency.
Interesting and thanks for sharing. My son may have used data from that place for a project he was working on.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Dec 01, 2020 5:49 pm https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arecibo-ob ... collapses/
Some of the geeks on here will remember this better than I. It did it job for many decades.
