Could it really be that simple?
From: Axil Axil
There is a formal analogy between the Higgs mechanism and superconductivity.
The historical record provides ample evidence that analogies between
superconductivity and particle physics played an important heuristic role in
the development of
A local group here at UCSF has identified and tested what appears to an
especially promising candidate for COVID which is 30 times more potent than
remdesivir, the drug that seemed to be so effective in a number of high profile
cases last year.
It is an anti-cancer drug that kills the
WTF – mystery company in LENR and many other renewables. Large capitalization
or is it hype??
Sounds fishy. But if they really are legit – the Salt Lake City address could
relate to the legacy of P/F in some way
I have not seen reference to such a computer model, but It would be even more
interesting if the electron spacing was deeply compressed – IOW the molecule is
indeed a densified superhydride. This paper indicates that there is an atomic
sublattice which should be highly densified,
This setup is beyond the abilities of most home owners, but it shows that
the ultimate goal of off-grid and complete energy self-sufficiency is reachable
using available technology.
Next comes making it more feasible for the masses … especially getting rid of
all those propane tanks
Jürg
“no longer able to work” could be misleading - since it implies a long term
problem.
It is not clear if this category (~3 percent) is anything more than a passing
phenomenon – except for the few cases with extreme allergic reaction, of
course. Recipients should be screened for history
Neutron activation
The interesting question is this – can dense hydrogen substitute for the
neutron?
i.e. “the virtual neutron”
From: Robin
In reply to JonesBeene's message:
>Silver is very easily activated. That is one of its uses in industry.
What sort of activation are you referring
Although the top tier claims of Mills’ IP portfolio are old and have now
expired, he still must present a technology to investors which is ostensibly
non-nuclear.
It is very likely that the silver he was using became activated over time –
despite all efforts to avoid that situation.
Silver is
From: Sean Logan
➢ Tell me more about this "Longitudinal Wave"? Can you show me equations, or
point me to papers? Last night, out of the blue, an engineer started telling
me about this same thing. He showed me a pair of equations from his paper, but
asked me not to publish them because
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6iE62jovMo
Is a diamagnet the “opposite” of a magnet? If so, then the anwer is no.
There is no dipolar attraction force with diamagnetism at all - for reasons
that are not well understood other than the obvious lack of poles..
In one sense, you could ask “why do force fields such as diamagnetism always
Has anyone here seen the vials of supposed hydrinos that Mills used to show at
conferences? Were they ever tested independently? He seems to have given up
that gimmick (perhaps at the advice of his lawyer)…One wonders what materials
would bind to dense hydrogen or even if the material could be
➢ If hydrinos are just more stable versions of isolated hydrogen atoms they
should have been discovered in hydrogen gas using old technology many decades
ago. But this is just a strawman argument against their existence.
Harry
What old technology, exactly, would have discovered them? That is
From: H LV
➢ Mills says his hydrino model of a below ground state hydrogen atom is stable.
However, if hydrinos were stable they should be more common than ordinary
hydrogen atoms which is not the case. Therefore, if below ground states of
hydrogen atoms can exist I think it is more likely
For the numbers geeks out there – this imbedded statistical applet can be of
interest- although it is a bit clunky to use. This is generally always the
case with useful but complex data sets.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm#dashboard
There are weird and
From: H LV
➢ The type of "negative temperature" discussed in the article is not actually
colder than absolute zero. It corresponds to something that has alot of energy
so it cannot be called a heat sink.
Maybe not. Firstly, any and all mass contains “a lot of energy” in one
appraisal, so
This showed up on NextBigFuture today
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2020/11/microwave-water-splitting-for-breakthroughs-for-making-hydrogen-oxygen-and-fast-battery-charging.html?utm_source=feedburner_medium=feed_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29
or
Make that “propane fridge” … Einstein’s first patent IIRC
This challenge is inspired by the title of Gene Mallove`s book "Fire From
Ice"….Has this already been done?
Yes. At least in the sense of a propane fringe,
This challenge is inspired by the title of Gene Mallove`s book "Fire From
Ice"….Has this already been done?
Yes. At least in the sense of a propane fringe,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tQSHvy-Ko
Well if there is a survival advantage to concentrating deuterium, for single
cell or complex organisms then by using well known techniques of selection and
gene modification, one would suspect that the efficiency could increase
exponentially over time. One could cover vast quantities of
The possibility of an energy anomaly based on gold plasmons from nanoparticles
being irradiated by lasers –using beat frequency or not - leads to an idea
for a simple low cost experiment.
Gold nanoparticle colloids are available at remarkably low prices due to
growing use as cure-all dietary
From: Robert Lee
➢ I must've missed a few classes; are you talking about creating or removing
heat in a general sense, starting an atomic nuclear reaction, or simply
producing energy? I joined the group last night and, obviously, missed a few
emails, too. Just curious.
The thread started out
If you haven’t seen it- this entry below addresses the semantics issue, which
is the bulk of the problem of cold radiation.
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/193054/thermodynamics-possibility-of-cold-radiation
A related and possibly more interesting problem is that of “cold
in
the solutions of the linear formulations and say that's where the phonons must
lie - but it is only an approximate guess ("thar be dragons").
JonesBeene wrote:
The beat frequency they were after was in the THz range and this was in order
to fit Hagelstein’s theory of optical phonons
The beat frequency they were after was in the THz range and this was in order
to fit Hagelstein’s theory of optical phonons –
… and yes - small gain was seen.
However, in the earlier similar work without beat frequencies – single laser
only - much higher gain (order of magnitude more) has
Yes. For instance, if your expectation is based on emission from a stationary
emitter – then “ rotational superradiance” can alter and concentrate
radiation from around the equator of the rapidly spinning emitter while the
polar emission will be subradiant. No gain – simply a shift.
The
Don’t you mean “folded space” ?
That sniff has to do with the spice, IIRC
From: Terry Blanton
Robin wrote:
> The real point I have been trying to make, is that space simply isn't empty
>at long distances, so high speeds become
> very difficult.
This is exactly why starships travel in
I reviewed the vid again and the relative entropy issue of encoding seems de
minimis for the premise.
The bit is defined as a unit of Planck length which apparently assumes that
some physical characteristic of space must be altered and the basic assumption
is that there is symmetry in a
The Shawyer EM drive is not dead but now has serious competition… using lasers.
This is almost a breakthrough but has not attracted much attention so far..
Maybe it’s the fish season … but this catch doesn’t smell right. On several
levels.
You have to laugh in a way at how wrote up a research as supposedly using
Erbium and Thulium – two very rare elements.
There would be zero chance of commercializing it. Even the pentagon is yawning.
Could
Jürg Wyttenbach wrote:
… Dense Hydrogen. aka "Hydrino", aka H*-H* is a weak nuclear bond between two
protons. It can be exactly calculated by SO(4) physics and is in full agreement
with Randall Mills measurement of so called 1/4 Hydrinos
Jürg
The H*H* which you describe above would seem to be
Very interesting.
The first thought that came to mind when I saw your design, esp with the
golden rule geometry -- is that it could be a more favorable wave guide than
the Shawyer truncated cone (EM drive) for the purpose of directed thrust using
RF.
Mabye this is where your are headed but
From: CB Sites
Any ideas as to why they chose Erbium for the host metal?
I wondered about this too.
The elements is rare, costly and does not appear in the list of Mills’
catalysts (but almost any element can be contorted to be catalytic,, as Mills
has repeatedly shown).
The one
Thanks Jack,
There are many older half-baked ideas floating around cyberspace that should
have received more attention.
In particular, there is a strong… maybe very-strong missed opportunity in (not)
using sodium vapor lamps as the basis of a CW laser.
Maybe in the next life…
Jones
From:
From: Vibrator !
JG = James Glimm? Sorry lost me there..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Goodenough
looks like it will be his birthday next week. Think about that – 98 and still
on the cutting edge of battery technology.
Maybe another big prize … who knows?.
Ah … another almost useless violation - it appears… but maybe not completely
useless.
There does appear to be a nominal violation – somewhat reminiscent of an
electret. I’m surprised they do not go there.
Because the self-cycling takes place at extremely low frequencies and does not
produce
Big pharma is really going out of their way to downplay low tech approaches
which may not “cure” the virus but instead minimize the symptoms to the point
of avoiding hospitalization.
Here is a good Italian survey of in vitro results which offer a promising
category of nutritional options
The working gas would be argon, which is also a reactant. Argon will from a
short lived molecule with hydrogen. Helium will not. Too bad since He has
better heat transfer properties.
For a closed-cycle piston engine of this sort to work, the piston crown and the
facing cylinder head would
From: Jonathan Berry
➢ Consume Vitamins A, C, D3 and Zinc, Quercetin (Zinc Ionophore found in
capers) drink tonic water, eat grapefruit (chunky marmalade?) and lemon skins
(for Quinine).
In the list of natural and low-tech dietary aids for boosting the immune system
you could add
Here is a bit of worrisome speculation…
One hopes that there is no factual basis for the following alarming suggestion.
If not, look for it in a film on Netflix..
The present wave of infection going through the USA will peak soon or has
already peaked in selected regions.
That situation
From: H LV
➢ The euphemism "active denial system" fascinates me. What does this system
deny?
There used to be a tequila bar in SMA called “Da Nile”
Here is a visual synopsis – burial trenches in Iran - large enough to be seen
from space …
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/iran-coronavirus-outbreak-graves/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most_medium=email_source=newsletter=nl_most
From: Esa Ruoho
d'you have a TL;DW synopsis for
From: Blaze Spinnaker
➢ Communism/Fascism is great for quarantining. Not sure it's that great for
sharing critical information broadly, coming up with vaccines, medical tests
and and treatments.
There is no doubt about that first part (quarantining is greatly facilitated) …
except NOT the
From: Terry Blanton
bigthink.com:
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/dark-matter-theory
This is a very provocative idea – that information has actual mass…guess that
is why it is featured on a site called “the big think”…
The concept also relates to LENR in a back door way – since
Speaking of unusual thought experiments involving centripetal force, later
found to be real products - here is a surprising old electrical device which
explores the intersection of charge and mechanical spin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3EpyjATE48
It is a rotating anode tube (valve to
Hi,
Well Miley himself was fully invested in the Fusor device (and sold his
neutron generating company to Daimler)
AFAIK he never mentioned that LENR was involved in that technology and if
anyone should know – it is him.
The W-L theory predicts extremely low momentum neutrons - which somehow
Oops – a bit of dyslexia there – the hydrino hydride would be negatively
charged from the start - and thus appearing alkaline while stable.
Heck… maybe that explains the alkalinity of the oceans…
IOW – the negatively charged dense hydrogen from the solar corona causes large
scale
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From: Andrew Meulenberg
➢ I am presently writing a paper on the transition from a femto-H atom to a
neutron (as a proton with an occupied deeper-electron orbit), so my responding
to your comments has been useful in my thinking. Thank you.
Andrew
Another
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
> Magnetic pulsing - at large flux - would seem to be falsifiable, even
> in a small electrolysis cell - using a magnetometer or even a pickup coil.
Any net input > 2keV/atom is hot fusion with classic results. This also
holds for magnetic pinch delivered energies.
OK,
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
➢ A LENR reaction producing 4-He (alpha) from D*-D* does not emit kinetic
alphas as there is no momentum available. All nuclear magnetic flux is
symmetric!
Is there physical evidence for this result ?
Magnetic pulsing - at large flux - would seem to be falsifiable,
Is vortex down?
From: bobcook39...@hotmail.com
➢ The question is: What is the differential temperature needed to sap off the
enthalpy in the lattice in significant quantity to be practical.
Well Bob – it is arguable that we are not limited by thermodynamic restraints
with paramagnons, at least not in the
“Paramagnon drag in high thermoelectric figure of merit Li-doped MnTe”
(manganese telluride)
Zheng et al Science Advances 13 Sep 2019 Vol. 5, no. 9 DOI:
10.1126/sciadv.aat9461
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/9/eaat9461.full
Thermoelectricity is generally too inefficient for the
Additional evidence that Elon must be an “alien” of a sort … raising the
question of whether a direct connection to a source of superior intelligence is
possible for more humans than just the one. One > Neo > Elon ?
Whatever skills Elon Musk shows us are not individually unique and he has
The KATRIN experiment in Germany has now experimentally come up with a (very
low) neutrino mass-energy value – no more than 1.1 eV
Just released data:
https://www.livescience.com/neutrino-mass-experiment-katrin-early-results.html
Interesting picture accompanying the article above…
From:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/09/independent-confirmation-of-mizuno-cold-fusion-result-could-conclusively-prove-the-reality-of-excess-heat.html?utm_source=feedburner_medium=feed_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29
Hi Ron,
This is good for a morning laugh… or maybe it has some connection to a SciFi
game.
A big clue is invoking neutrinos. Another is to look at the source and
provenance.
It is a bit suspicious - from looking at the details of the inventors other
patents, that he could be a patent
When its properties were first discovered - graphene was supposed to be almost
as cheap as the coal from which it can be made - but that was blind optimism.
Now we hear of two types of micas found in common dirt (muscovite and
vermiculite) which can be processed into atomically-thin crystals
Right. That was the basis for the “orange turtleneck” comment.
However, she is such an well-practiced liar that a few insiders are predicting
an eventual acquittal, especially if a similar blood test product does come to
market before the trial.
From: Terry Blanton
> Followers of LENR will
Just finished reading “Bad Blood” which is the story of the high flying startup
company Theranos and its founder (at age 19) Elizabeth Holmes.
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Blood-Secrets-Silicon-Startup/dp/152473165X/
It is a page turner – recommended if not the best book of the year so far …
There are a few interesting comment from Robert Godes here:
http://sjbyrnes.com/cf/the-case-against-cold-fusion-experiments/
It is the last comment in a long thread and you may not want to read it all…
Godes seldom posts to News Groups or blogs, so it is unclear where he stands
on some
This is not exactly a “replication” at least in qualitative terms - in that
the gain relative to the input power is tiny.
Based on Mizuno’s claimed results, many observers were looking a replication
characterized by long periods of ~300 watt excess as opposed to short periods
at very low COP
Why would any sane investor strongly desire to purchase a seemingly
worthless, barren, frigid and ice-covered bit of crappy real estate like
Greenland ?
Simple, Watson… if you have access to the largest intelligence community on
earth, or else have a laptop and can do a rudimentary search.
If the mechanics of transient superconductivity as laid out in this thread -
are shown to produce a rapid expansion of previously condensed matter following
the collapse of the (transient) magnetic field which was induced by the
(transient) spintronics current – THEN – we have defined a most
To clarify:
“A photon cycling protocol could even be hidden away under the cover of 60
Hertz input”
Most observers balk at such talk – that is, rapid cycling of temperature over
a wide range in an actual operating environment, which is restrained by
so-called thermal inertia – itself a
://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/bitstream/handle/10072/367614/Muhammad%20Hasnain_2016_01Thesis.pdf
- Mark Jurich
From: JonesBeene
For many years, a recurring theme on vortex involves the idea that a local
form of high temperature superconductivity could be the hidden underlying
modality
From: mix...@bigpond.com
➢ If temporary superconducting states cycle frequently enough, and in
sufficient number, then this could be the mechanism behind CF.
Hi Robin,
Yes, rapid cycling would seem to be required and especially in the case where
photons interact with electrons in quantum
For many years, a recurring theme on vortex involves the idea that a local
form of high temperature superconductivity could be the hidden underlying
modality which was needed to form a BEC condensate in palladium deuteride, and
that this condensate was necessary as a prerequisite for a
Wow, for a second I thought I was in a time warp….
From: Rick Monteverde.
…
On Aug 15, 2019 at 8:32 PM, William Beaty wrote:
Test
Andrew, Bob
A good paper on this subject (longitudinal waves) is
“Unravelling the potentials puzzle and corresponding case for the scalar
longitudinal electrodynamic wave”
Donald Reed 2019 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1251 012043
Reed does not make the scalar to neutrino connection, which seems to
the knowledge base greatly.
From: Jed Rothwell
JonesBeene wrote:
You seem to be missing the point… and adding a dose of silly pedantry to boot.
The goal here is to clean and completely degas the reactor --- NOT to learn the
identity of the last bit of gas which was removed.
Mizuno and other
You seem to be missing the point… and adding a dose of silly pedantry to boot.
The goal here is to clean and completely degas the reactor --- NOT to learn the
identity of the last bit of gas which was removed.
If they have a top of the line vacuum system, as appears to be the case - and
It is unwise and too early to belittle this fine effort, given their recent
history of success with titanium electrolysis – where Deneum has already
reported high levels of excess heat.
Apparently - their past success was unknown to those who are quick to be
critical.
These researchers are
It is not a big concern that it did not work the first time. An extended
break-in period could be required.
If one subscribes to a ‘dense deuterium’ theory of any kind – then an
operational reactor could require a minimum working inventory of dense
deuterium before gain is seen.
Perhaps they
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRt3fa4lfU
They are doing a professional job but nothing anomalous is showing up so far.
Wait a minute.
That looks like a Table for predictions based on a theory – not real
measurements from experiment.
From: Axil Axil
https://youtu.be/jVwAEOxQPH4
Update to online LENR reaction prediction system
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
Of course! How else should I be able to give you an
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
Of course! How else should I be able to give you an estimate??
Well in the case of Rossi he was able to borrow or invent numbers, while
claiming they were measured with SEM and then when he has to swear to it in a
court proceedings – he admits that the fake isotope
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
➢ Due to our measurements the reaction 105Pd + D*-D*-->109Ag is always running
and consumes some Pd.
I would roughly estimate that about 105 105Pd disappear for 3kW/s. we have
about 1018 there what gives quite a good live time for 3kW.
Jürg – The silver which you
Piantelli does have similar technology based on nickel - and actually
(historically) he was the first by a few months – that is: the first to report
thermal gain results without palladium - ahead of Mills in 1989 and only
months after P
That did not stop Mills from getting the landmark
If one subscribes to a Millsean approach, palladium is somewhat unique In the
Periodic Table in that it is relatively non-reactive with oxygen or other
oxidants while having an ionization potential which is near the first Rydberg
level at 27.2 eV. Nickel alone has no such “entry level” Rydberg
Years ago (~25) the trendiest technological breakthrough in LENR was the
microbeads of James Patterson.
There is some similarity in assessing that episode to the present case of
Mizuno, even as we are anticipating a better outcome. Here is a poorly
written Wiki page on the topic:
From: Brian Ahern
➢ The calcium is more than intriguing. It could finally knock down the door for
lenr.
Out of curiosity – in googling and checking for Mills patents which
specifically mention calcium, and which could be relevant to the Mizuno
breakthrough, there is one notable monstrosity
in the mesh is decomposed to CaO.
CaO has been recognized as a catalyst of LENR by another team in Japan
(Permeation of D2 in a layered Pd/CaO sandwich)
Arnaud
From: JonesBeene
Thanks Jeff –
This could be important. Limelight – as old-fashioned as it may seem at first -
has long been claimed to have
Thanks Jeff –
This could be important. Limelight – as old-fashioned as it may seem at first -
has long been claimed to have a number of optical properties which look like
they are related to hydrino creation.
On a related topic, and looking at Fig.3 in the first cited paper, which is the
Hawking radiation may be real but the evidence for it seems to indicate that it
is far too weak to be relevant in LENR even of UDH is identical to dark
matter.
>From an Infinite Energy article on the active alloy of palladium for LENR
>excess heat … written by Jed Rothwell. If this information is still accurate
>then Mizuno must be using Type A palladium.
“Type A” Palladium
For many years Martin Fleischmann has recommended a particular type of
Changed subject heading --- Prior heading managed to set the record for worst
ever example of mindless misspelling
From: Axil Axil
http://www.jmcchina.org/html/2019/1/20190101.htm
➢ Replication of biologic transmutation using a chemical reaction.
Good find. The subject of biological
“The energy release per atom would be useful, to narrow down the possibilities.”
Yes. No doubt this detail would be very useful to know, but is it even possible
to know?
Probably NOT as of now – since it makes a fundamental assumption which is not
proved.
That fundamental assumption is that
Despite the Mizuno breakthrough, assuming it is real – the commercial baseline
power game has changed drastically in the past few years - all over the World.
Who woulda’ thunk it?
This PV story from last year and others like it - predicted the cost of solar
panels to drop below 25 cents per
From: H LV
➢ How much of the energy in a nuclear reaction is actually due to mass change?
Is there any reason to think that it would not be all?
Even if sequential hydrogen cluster formation is responsible for the gain, and
there is no fusion at all - the ultimate source of that heat would
diagram”
From: Jed Rothwell
JonesBeene wrote:
Good point. Jed knows the details of the mass spec Mizuno had available,
which was damaged in the earthquake. IIRC it was being repaired when the paper
was written and its present status has not been reported. Perhaps he will
comment
Good point. Jed knows the details of the mass spec Mizuno had available,
which was damaged in the earthquake. IIRC it was being repaired when the paper
was written and its present status has not been reported. Perhaps he will
comment on this.
Surely Mizuno was looking for helium before his
Reality Check. Surprisingly, nuclear fusion of deuterium into helium seems NOT
sufficiently energetic to account for the Mizuno claim of heating his home.
Mass is apparently being converted into energy, but how? And what are the
ramifications of such a low reactor inventory of deuterium gas?
From: Jürg Wyttenbach
➢ In the Mizuno case we certainly will see 4-He with a 4-He a part > that 106
of the 3-He part.
Jürg
If Mizuno is producing helium then it should show up very distinctly when he
looks for it- since the total gas inventory is so low and the power is so high
that the
From: Jed Rothwell
➢ I assume there is one fundamental cause of cold fusion in all systems. It is
the same thing in all cases. This is similar to saying that fission is the same
in reactors and bombs, although it looks and acts quite different.
This “one fundamental cause” could be the problem
The problem with any analysis being touted as the basis for future devices -
is pinpointing the full and correct understanding of the operating principle.
Unfortunately, the operating principle of this device is not well-described by
Ed Storms. It would be a big mistake to apply Storms’
From: bobcook39...@hotmail.com
➢ In the 1960’s there was reported to be a rapid heating of large steel block
Sandia was trying to magnetize. The block turned white hot in an instant, but
did not melt. The research went dark. I can not find a reference to that work
to this day…It may have
SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC … or maybe not for those interested in energy efficiency.
For certain, this long video below will be of interest to anyone contemplating
the purchase of an electric car… or to electric engineers.
The speaker – Sandy Munro is an automotive expert who reverse engineered the
about NASA’s ethics and their
scientific/engineering capability
From: JonesBeene
I must have signed up to get notices from USPTO since neither the inventor nor
the application is familiar.
Anyway – today this effort to Patent a particular concept for a LENR reactor
was abandoned by Dan
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