Archive for the ‘Physics News’ Category
Hints of structure beyond the visible universe
June 10, 2008Quantum mechanics might be wrong
May 26, 2008Rapid-fire: Electrical circuit may bring Sandia Z to fusion sooner
April 28, 2007Rapid-fire: Electrical circuit may bring Sandia Z to fusion sooner from PhysOrg.com
An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and, equally important, do it every 10 seconds, has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories’ Z machine facility.
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Maybe I can witness the benefits fusion power, after all. I know, 20 years is probably overly optimistic, but there is hope.
Negative Refraction of Visible Light Demonstrated
March 24, 2007Negative Refraction of Visible Light Demonstrated; Could Lead to Cloaking Devices from PhysOrg.com
For the first time, physicists have devised a way to make visible light travel in the opposite direction that it normally bends when passing from one material to another, like from air through water or glass. The phenomenon is known as negative refraction and could in principle be used to construct optical microscopes for imaging things as small as molecules, and even to create cloaking devices for rendering objects invisible.
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