1. We don't have the spatial resolution of the density to see if the cusps are quasi-neutral on the WB-7
2. In one-D simulations the plasma edge (which corresponds to the cusp regions) is not quasi-neutral. Therefore, if the [...]
Until recently, Mr. Chávez had pushed foreign oil companies here into a corner by nationalizing their oil fields, raiding their offices with tax [...]
Because your ultraconductors still haven't shown up.
How would you like your crow served?' [...]
A couple contracts would make it appear that the Navy has decided to pursue Robert Bussard's Polywell design. M. Simon has more at Power And Control.
Update: Apparently stay-alive funding until the Navy decides what to do.' [...]
Archive link pages on the sidebar are s-l-o-w-l-y getting fixed. I know, I haven't posted in months, but that much less impetus to fix it ... there have been a couple stories about EEStor that have interested me recently, but I'm actively ignoring this blog, mostly. [...] The panel also found that in a pair of 2005 papers, Taleyarkhan added' [...]
From the comments in a prior post, Power And Control points to an obituary of Robert Bussard in The New Mexican.
March to May. It's no overstatement to say, as M. Simon does, that "Civilization depends on it."' [...]
Zero dollar budget. Sometimes, you just don't know what to say. (Via IEC Fusion Technology.)' [...] 
Via Slashdot. Also at New Energy And Fuel and Power And Control. I'm speechless.' [...] 1 GJ/s / (8.6x106 [...]
Mr. Kanzius' discovery was an accident.He developed the RF generator as a novel cancer treatment. His research in targeting cancer cells with metallic nanoparticles then destroying them with radio-frequency is proceeding at the [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his supporters to give away possessions they do not need such as an extra refrigerator because he only wants true socialists to be [...]
Three months after it cleared him of research misconduct, Purdue University has begun a new inquiry into a professor who claims to have generated nuclear fusion in a desktop experiment, the university [...]
Updated SEC standards could mean that billions of barrels of oil and [...]
Reserves are "still a valid measure, but they are harder to get a handle on than what they have been in the past," said Bruce Lanni, an analyst at A.G. Edwards who covers the largest oil companies. "It's a very [...]
The Kern River oil field, discovered in 1899, was revived when Chevron engineers here started injecting high-pressured steam to pump out more oil. The field, whose production had slumped to 10,000 barrels a day in the 1960s, now has a [...]
"With the price of oil at its lowest level in 19 months, we run the risk of reverting back to our traditional energy policy," Mr. Wagoner said in a speech at the Automotive News World Congress in Dearborn, Mich., [...]
It's really hard what to know what to say about 
