Flying Car

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Superheavy Element 111 Found in Gold

A nuclear physicist at Hebrew University of Jerusalem claims that he has found natural roentgenium-111 in gold using mass spectrometry. The observed half-life of synthetic roentgenium-111 indicates this should not be possible. Independent confirmation will be necessary to confirm.

Fingerprinting Electronics

I guess it was just a matter of time. You can run, but you will not be able to hide if you stay connected. Click here to read about how our electronics are in the process of being fingerprinted.

Who's Killing The Hydrogen Car?

Former Los Alamos National Lab employee Bob Lazar has been working for years on a hydrogen fuel system for the automobile. You can switch between gasoline and hydrogen fuel.

You much have an energy source to make the hydrogen (electricity from the grid, solar, or wind). Your vehicle must have a stainless steel header on the engine. It's been done for a while. The problem is to get it into mass production and market. There have been some bumps in the road. He is now in Michigan and working on getting production started.

Alpha Radiation in Houston Well Water

Here is a story out of Houston, TX that deals with alpha activity in drinking water. There are some statements by quoted scientists about health risks from radiation that don't quite match up with statistical reality. Statistically, it is not at all clear that there are health risks at low levels of radiation. Life has adapted pretty well to natural background radiation over our planet's history.

Frequent Fliers and Radiation Risks

Airline crews could be classified as radiation workers if they fly more than 85,000 miles a year. This risk may be greater than those from the new airport scanners that use 'backscatter' x-rays.

Nanoshells and Cancer Treatment

Nanochemical technology appears to be gaining ground in the area of cancer treatment. One of the big positives is that nanochemical do not have the uncomfortable side-effects that chemo drugs seem to induce in the patient. Let us hope that progress is swift