The interesting science thread
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I was by IBM recently for a presentation of Quantum Computing which I think is very interesting.
You could probably run a supercomputer on Kombucha.
My brother in his spare time runs a computer, IT and science group for kids.
His son Jasper is a chip off the block and has become quite the data geek.
Here's a vid of a project Jasper created for GovHack.
Not sure if your power grids over there make generation data as available to work with, but what Jasper's doing is a pretty cool way of tracking power generation and how clean it's production is for people on a centralised power grid fed by multiple generation sources that fluctuates depending on demand.
His son Jasper is a chip off the block and has become quite the data geek.
Here's a vid of a project Jasper created for GovHack.
Not sure if your power grids over there make generation data as available to work with, but what Jasper's doing is a pretty cool way of tracking power generation and how clean it's production is for people on a centralised power grid fed by multiple generation sources that fluctuates depending on demand.
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Net positive fusion energy
Extremely skeptical, they really been cooking these claims for years. Ill post a vid a bit later on this.
We have been 30 years away from fusion for the past 30+30 years. 
What enabled the big boost in fusion energy announced this week?
Two megajoules of laser yielded three megajoules of fusion energy.
arstechnica.com
my fishing buddy, is on one of the many teams at LLNL that has a hand in this research. He is an UBER Lab Geek
Now that im reading the articles, it appears to be the old trick of using Qplasma/laser not Qtotal.
In other words, they are saying x watts of fusion released for y watts of laser energy, not how much it actually takes to power the laser and the facility. Like the energy of the beam itself, and the laser isnt close to 100% efficient. So the actual watts produced are far less than what is going into it. Its going to take some ungodly amount of energy to power the laser, far in excess of the beam energy
Is it a milestone? Sure its moar, but its nothing new really and borders on intentionally deceiving. Watch the video i posted and reread these articles. It appears they are referencing the laser energy, not what it takes to power the laser and everything thrown into the reaction.
The reality is it has a long way to go. The misrepresentation is why people keep thinking its “just round the corner”.
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this is what my fishing buddy who is one of the top geeks at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory wrote in response to another friends question.
"People have asked me if I worked on NIF. Yes, for a couple of years at different points in my career. Early on I worked on the system that measures the x-rays he mentions (News Conference). About 10 years ago they were having problems with the laser damaging itself which stopped them from turning the intensity up. I worked on finding the problems and helped design and instrument that measures amplitude "noise" on the pulse at key places in the laser amplifier chain."
he has to be reasonably vague because most of what he does is classified
"People have asked me if I worked on NIF. Yes, for a couple of years at different points in my career. Early on I worked on the system that measures the x-rays he mentions (News Conference). About 10 years ago they were having problems with the laser damaging itself which stopped them from turning the intensity up. I worked on finding the problems and helped design and instrument that measures amplitude "noise" on the pulse at key places in the laser amplifier chain."
he has to be reasonably vague because most of what he does is classified
Invest. INVEST!
God, I hope Elon doesn’t hear about this shit.
No p, wait, it might hasten his demise.
carry on.
No p, wait, it might hasten his demise.
carry on.
There's the one design that uses the "twisting" plasma field that doesn't have the same containment problems as the traditional tokamak reactor, that contorted plasma-field design has some sort of potential to breed tritium. Look up tritium, getting moar of it is a big problem, the reactors that used to breed it are shut down and the world supply is a few pounds or something. For any of these designs to be successful, we have to get moar tritium.
*weeps softly*
Not new science by any means but interesting that solar panels use so much water worldwide to keep them clean, this tech would also be pretty rad for car windows and the massive glass office blocks around the world.
www.newscientist.com
Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust
Dust drastically lowers the output of solar panels, but applying an electric field to the panels can make dust particles repel each other and disperse
www.newscientist.com
That's the number one problem for any long-term Mars probe. It's the dust that accumulates on the solar panels.Not new science by any means but interesting that solar panels use so much water worldwide to keep them clean, this tech would also be pretty rad for car windows and the massive glass office blocks around the world.
Static electricity can keep desert solar panels free of dust
Dust drastically lowers the output of solar panels, but applying an electric field to the panels can make dust particles repel each other and disperse
Department of likely suicide.
Cross-dressers turn on T cells - Nature
A novel mechanism for the activation of naive CD8+ T cells was identified in 2005. Termed cross-dressing, in recognition of the cross-priming and direct priming mechanisms known previously, it involves the transfer of loaded MHC/peptide molecules from an infected cell to dendritic cells. Linda...
www.nature.com
republicans would be so mad if they could read
wE'Ll jUsT HaVe oUr lEgIsLaToRs wRiTe a lAw tO BaN SuCh bEhAvIoR!Cross-dressers turn on T cells - Nature
A novel mechanism for the activation of naive CD8+ T cells was identified in 2005. Termed cross-dressing, in recognition of the cross-priming and direct priming mechanisms known previously, it involves the transfer of loaded MHC/peptide molecules from an infected cell to dendritic cells. Linda...
republicans would be so mad if they could read
IN MY OWN BODY! WHAT WILL THE LIBERALS DO NEXT
Heh.....
thehill.com
James Webb telescope provides new view of Uranus
After capturing the best photos of Neptune in decades in 2022, NASA has pointed the James Webb telescope’s high-powered lenses at the solar system’s other ice giant, Uranus.
thehill.com
2 genders
Tell us something the rest of the world didn't already know. (Interestingly, there are a few egregious typos in the article, what, they don't edit with GPT?)
www.popularmechanics.com
American IQ Scores Have Rapidly Dropped, Proving the 'Reverse Flynn Effect'
Are we really getting less intelligent? Here's the truth.
www.popularmechanics.com
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Who wants to bet that @I Are Baboon has a surfeit of dopamine?
neurosciencenews.com
Whether Physical Exertion Feels Easy or Hard May Be Due to Dopamine Levels - Neuroscience News
Dopamine plays a vital role in why exercise and physical activity feels easy to some, but exhausting to others, a new study reports. The findings could lead to more effective ways to help people begin and stick to exercise regimes, and sheds new light on fatigue associated with depression and...
neurosciencenews.com