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Levitating magnet may yield new approach to clean energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new experiment that reproduces the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets has yielded its first significant results. The findings confirm that its unique approach has some potential ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (44) | comments 14 | with audio podcast




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Superconductors face the future

Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MIT tests unique approach to fusion power

An MIT and Columbia University team has successfully tested a novel reactor that could chart a new path toward nuclear fusion, which could become a safe, reliable and nearly limitless source of energy.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 28, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (141) | comments 15

MIT, Columbia begin new energy experiment

Half-ton levitating ring is key to work MIT and Columbia University students and researchers have begun operation of a novel experiment that confines high-temperature ionized gas, called plasma, using the strong magnetic fields f ...

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created Dec 06, 2004 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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