A front page special report by Trevor Curwin, on the CNBC website is promoting the Lawrenceville Plasma Physics company. The report claims that "one New Jersey company is continuing a steady march toward commercializing this powerful energy source". In the report Eric Lerner, president of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, claims that "the next step that is to have an environment …
Month: April 2012
Plasma technology of the Fraunhofer FEP becoming established in the American packaging market
Transparent packaging films with permeation barrier layers developed by the Fraunhofer FEP are enhancing the freshness of American foods. Moreover, the plasma technology from Dresden has further potential. "This technology is the best one available today on clear barrier polypropylene packaging films“. Gabriel Durana, Product Manager for Special Technologies at Biofilm S.A. in Mexico, has high …
Ned Birdsall – Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam
I was sorry to hear of the recent death of Ned Birdsall, Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. I had met Ned on many occasions, at conferences and workshops. He visited Dublin a few times and I know that he and Prof. Miles Turner at DCU worked closely on a number of particle …
Lectureship in Space Plasma Physics
A new lectureship position has been created within the Space Plasmas Group at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (based in Holmbury St. Mary near Dorking in Surrey), the home of UCL’s Department of Space and Climate Physics. The position will entail undertaking internationally competitive research, teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including PhD supervision, and …
Langmuir a leader in Plasma Technology and Plasma Diagnostics
LANGMUIR MEETS MARCONI One of my all time heroes is Irving Langmuir, Chemist and Physicist. Langmuir has acted as a role model for me in understanding the role of the scientist in manufacturing science. Langmuir had an unusual career path: Physics Chemistry Plasma Nobel prize Weather Detective (Ghost buster) His initial contributions to science came from …
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Pulsed plasma in a capillary tube – Hot dense solar corona plasma is potential x-ray source
By injecting very fast pulses of electrical current into a micro-capillary channel, a team of scientists at Colorado State University has created hot dense pulsed plasmas with temperatures similar to those of the solar corona. The miniature plasma sword is a dense column of ionized gas generated from heavy atoms. Copyright - Research.gov The efficient creation …
A Carrington event is a massive plasma solar flare – a ring of fire
NASA Goddard PhotoSolar flares Solar flares continually erupt from the surface of the sun. These powerful surges of plasma can reach the earths magnetic field. The number of flares and sunspots fluctuate each year reaching a maximum every approximate eleven years. The Sun was due to reach a solar maximum in its 11 year cycle in 2011 …
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Plasma Propulsion Drive Using Helicon Injector – Warp 5 Scotty
Helicon plasma devices Helicon plasma devices are capable of producing high density plasma with close to fully ionised species. This paper presents a radically new class of plasma propulsion thrusters that has the advanced capabilities necessary to perform missions previously unfeasible. This light-weight propulsion system called HIIPER (Helicon Injected Inertial Plasma Electrostatic Rocket) employs one …
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Plasma Physics Division Annual Report
The inaugural edition of the Plasma Physics Division Annual Report, from the Drexel Institute of Plasma Physics Division is available online - quoting from the release "The primary purpose for this report is to share with all members of the Plasma Physics Division the information that we accumulate and send for incorporation in various NRL …
The Plasma Toothbrush will brighten up our future – 60% better.
A number of US scientist are actively working on a plasma based toothbrush. Initially, the work is focused on dental treatment where the Plasma Toothbrush disinfect and cleans out cavities, kills bacteria and forms a better bond for the fillings without resulting in any feeling of pain. A group at Missouri is working on such …
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Mike B Hopkins 