Browsing Archive: December, 2022

2022: A Year In Review

Posted by on Saturday, December 31, 2022,
Here we are again, watching another year end and thinking back on everything that we have achieved over the last twelve months. It has been a year of turmoil for the world, with the ongoing pandemic, record setting economic problems, and more war and political scandals dominating the headlines. And yet for the scientific community, the year has not been too bad.

All through the year we have been seeing a steady stream of images from the new James Webb space telescope, with stunning images of d...
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Merry Christmas!

Posted by on Sunday, December 25, 2022,


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A New Era Of Fusion

Posted by on Tuesday, December 13, 2022,
Just when you thought the year was over in terms of major scientific breakthroughs, we get another one. And this one has such widespread implications that it has the potential to change our society in general.

Today it was announced that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have successfully completed a fusion reaction that produced excess energy.

Let me begin with a quick explanation of the science involved. Back in 1905, Albert Einstein published the special theory of rela...
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Dr. Chris Bird I am a theoretical physicist & mathematician, with training in electronics, programming, robotics, and a number of other related fields.

   


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