Tag: fusion

China’s Helicopter Prototype Looks Like a UFO

CNN has a story about a Chinese prototype helicopter that looks like a UFO. Slashdot reader ClickOnThis shares the report: China has been unveiling a lot of new weaponry lately, but one of their latest reveals looks really, well, out of this world. Called the “Super Great White Shark” by Chinese media, the aircraft conjures up images of 1950s sci-fi movies…

NASA Engineer’s ‘Helical Engine’ May Violate Laws of Physics

NASA engineer David Burns posted a paper describing the concept of his “helical engine,” which could take humans to the stars by exploiting mass-altering effects known to occur at near-light speed. Unfortunately, it’s been met with skepticism from those who say it violates the conservation of momentum, a core physical law. New Scientist explains: To get to grips with the principle…

US Navy Files Patent For Compact Fusion Reactor

Bodhammer shares a report from Popular Mechanics: The U.S. Navy has jumped into the game by filing a patent for a compact fusion reactor, according to exclusive reporting by The War Zone. The success of the device, developed by researcher Salvatore Cezar Pais of the Naval Air Warfare Center — Aircraft Division, relies on a part called a dynamic fusor. According…

Boris Johnson jokes about UK being ‘on the verge’ of nuclear fusion

In his speech to the Conservative party conference, prime minister Boris Johnson said the UK can become carbon neutral by the middle of this century Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2218570-boris-johnson-jokes-about-uk-being-on-the-verge-of-nuclear-fusion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

NASA Wants To Send Nuclear Rockets To the Moon and Mars

NASA engineers want to create a rocket engine powered by nuclear fusion. “A nuclear rocket engine would be twice as efficient as the chemical engines powering rockets today,” reports Wired. “But despite their conceptual simplicity, small-scale fission reactors are challenging to build and risky to operate because they produce toxic waste. Space travel is dangerous enough without having to worry about…

Apple Unveils Its 7th-Gen iPad With a 10.2-Inch Display

In addition to launching new iPhones today, Apple unexpectedly announced a new 7th-generation iPad, featuring a larger display and support for Apple’s forthcoming iPadOS update. Ars Technica reports: This new model comes with a 10.2-inch 2160×1620 “Retina” display, up from the older model’s 9.7-inch panel, and an A10 Fusion chip. The latter is the same chip used for the existing 6th-gen…

What’s new on Coursera for Business – August 2019

By Kyle Clark, Senior Skills Transformation Consultant Coursera released 44 courses on our platform in August. We are particularly excited to announce a range of new courses from the manufacturing, architecture, and engineering design software industry leader, Autodesk, on Generative Design and CAD/CAM for manufacturing. Here are our top picks for enterprise for this past […]
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ITER: ‘Where the Sun Will Be Re-Born on Earth’

Long-time Slashdot reader rinka shares an article about “the place where the Sun will be re-born on Earth”: The world’s best scientists are trying to create a ‘miniature Sun’ on Earth to tap its fusion energy, costing over €20 billion… [G]lobally ITER is the most expensive science project on Earth ever to be undertaken in the 21st century. The total weight…

Astronomers see a new type of pulsating star

At Palomar Observatory near San Diego, a dedicated telescope spends its nights surveying the heavens. A recent analysis of its data revealed 4 stars that change in brightness, over just minutes. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/pulsating-star-hot-subdwarf-pulsator…