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Is fusion success in sight?
Jan 30, 2010 - 4:54 PM - by Knight Sir Rick
Category Science and Technology News
Is fusion success in sight?



Experiments at the National Ignition Facility have given researchers confidence that they'll achieve a milestone in nuclear fusion sometime this year.

The tests involved blasting a cylinder the size of a pencil eraser, known as a "hohlraum," with 192 laser beams and seeing whether researchers could tweak the energy to create the right kind of implosion. The results suggested that they could - and that the $3.5 billion blaster in California just might produce the world's first controlled fusion reaction, with more energy coming out than going in.

For more than a half-century, scientists have been trying to harness the nuclear fusion reaction to generate what could be prodigious amounts of energy. The reaction involves crushing together light atoms (like hydrogen) so forcefully that they fuse into heavier atoms (like helium). Each reaction converts a tiny amount of mass from the atoms directly into energy.

When you multiply that demonstration of E=mc2 by trillions, you start producing power on the scale of an H-bomb or the sun.

The research reported by the National Ignition Facility, or NIF, represents a step toward actual energy production in a controlled reaction. But there are still many steps to go before scientists reach that break-even point. Even if NIF is successful, it will take years to adapt the technology for commercial applications. And that's the most optimistic view.

Jeffrey Atherton, the program director for target experimental systems at NIF, is an optimist.

"The potential for NIF and fusion energy as the game-changer [for energy resources] is enormous," he told me. He acknowledged that commercial fusion was far from a sure bet, but said the technology had to be included in... [Read More]
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Turkey day plans?
Nov 24, 2009 - 2:11 PM - by D3V
Category The Lounge
Thanksgiving is back!

What's everyone doing?

I plan on doing the usual, hanging out with the family, playing some football, stuffing my face with food and passing out early. I'll be out around midnight that same night though, I have a few things I need to get for my new apartment before I move.

I am thankful I am still alive.
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LHC Has First Collisions After Years of Waiting
Nov 23, 2009 - 6:17 PM - by Combinatus
Category News and Events
Only four days after the first attempt to send a particle beam around the LHC, we have arrived at the point when all four experiments got their first real collisions from the machine. This was met by celebrations and champagne, as people have been waiting years and years for this moment. It is a testament to the engineering of the machine that collisions were reached already, so few days after restarting. The LHC had already demonstrated ca 10h stable beams, and now also stable beams in both directions at the same time. In the coming weeks, we need only wait for increased intensity and the first attempts at acceleration.

There is a live video feed available here: http://www.cyriak.co.uk/lhc/lhc-webcams.html
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