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.
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.
Re: Science & Engineering
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2020 12:19 pm
by RedFromMI
jhu72 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:41 pmBig 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Time horizon for fusion seems to have been "around 30 years" forever - at least this is more optimistic.
