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There are many new technologies to develop for specific chemical processes or goals. Refining of lanthanides is one. New processes include electrophoresis and magnetophoresis. Finding the optimal chemistry remains to determined. Not only can this technology be used for processing elements...

There was an X-ray 'precursor', i.e., the X-ray process began almost a day earlier than the process that caused the gamma rays as indicated by @Ibix. X-rays are formed by atomic electrons, or bremsstrahlung interactions. Gamma rays are formed in nuclear and subatomic interactions; the...

Case: TWA Flight 514 Issue: Controlled Flight into Terrain Communication and training across the airline industry is necessary for safe operation.

An article appeared recently about an earth-like planet, HD 137010 b, which is around an orange start, HD 137010. Of course, I wanted more information HD 137010 b is an unconfirmed exoplanet detected around star HD 137010. More observations are needed to confirm its existence...

Longest gamma-ray burst confounds astrophysicists, CERN Courier, 14 January 2026 https://cerncourier.com/longest-gamma-ray-burst-confounds-astrophysicists/ There is little consensus on the origin of GRB 250702B, beyond that it involved an accreting black hole...

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) may offer advantages over Nobel Prize–winning metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). https://cen.acs.org/business/COFs-new-MOFs/104/web/2026/02?sc=260203_sc_eng_fb_cen_boosted New areas for investigation! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_organic_framework...

Bitcoin’s turbulent start to 2026 continues as prices slump to 15-month low https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-turbulent-start-2026-continues-073600767.html In another article, Bitcoin had nearly doubled in value from the beginning of 2025...

An article on giant (or monster) stars came to my attention. Astronomers have been looking at system GS 3073 with the JWST. Too Much Nitrogen Pops Open the Search for the Universe’s First Stars...

William Herbert Foege passed away on January 26, 2026 at age 89, 2 months shy of his 90th birthday. He was the 10th Director of the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Foege#Personal_life_and_death Obituary in NY Times -...

Some jobs could be replaced by AI, and some not. Some managers may look at AI systems as a replacement for certain type of data analysis and processing, whereas others consider AI as a complementary tool that employess can use to increase productivity, thus increasing revenue and potentially...

Yes, I've seen some videos of the derailment. Pretty stunning. The locomotives stayed on the trestle. I hadn't seen that video, but I saw earlier videos when it first happened. I was curious about the cause - possibly a broken rail, a broken wheel or axle, or some shift in the gauge. The...

A story appeared on my news feed. From Popular Mechanics - Scientists Found 7,000-Year-Old Mummies in the Desert That Don’t Share DNA With Modern Humans https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70202388/saharan-mummies-dna-humans-found/ From Nature - Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara...

What to know about the Nipah virus https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/health/nipah-virus-explainer I heard about the new infections this morning. Apparently, there is no vaccine, and the virus has between a 40% to 75% mortality rate. We have several threads that discuss the Nipah virus and...

That appears to be the case. I would expect a press release from JAEA and/or METI regarding such a deployment. I have not found one. I've reached out to JAEA and METI for confirmation about Yoroi. Meanwhile, the World Nuclear Association has a good summary of nuclear energy in Japan...

The hydrogen gas is igniting (as in combustion) or arcing? If the former, it would seem one has an air (oxygen) leak, or free F through decomposition of teflon. H + F = HF is a fairly energetic reaction. Is the Penning source a negative H- ion supply?