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Let There Be Aluminum-42: Experiment creates surprise isotope
Science News ^
| Week of Oct. 27, 2007
| Davide Castelvecchi
Posted on 10/28/2007 9:11:41 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
This discovery lead to major advances in tin foil hat technology!
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:26:45 PM PDT
by
dano1
To: JRios1968
Congrat’s!
Then again .... Should we wait until you get the scores back before lifting a can of light/lite/heavier-than-before—but-not-quite-so-light beer?
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:32:13 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: neverdem
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:34:24 PM PDT
by
Mojave
To: JRios1968
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:36:20 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(A cosmic castaway)
To: TC Rider
Scotty's gift has already been realized in at least a
couple ways.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Let’s wait...while I wait, I am getting my PCI precast concrete inspector Level I and II certifications, and next year I intend to become a Certified Welding Inspector.
whew!!
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:50:07 PM PDT
by
JRios1968
(Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will. - Ben Stein)
To: Wiz
So, what is its value and impact on our society?It's an advance in nuclear physics when you get unexpected results.
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:51:08 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: null and void
Heavy aluminum. Why?Extra heavy duty foil? Who cares, just let me know when it's transparent!
And let me know when they come up with adamantium!
Mark
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:53:31 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Listen, Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government)
To: neverdem
Before you know it they will be making gold ...and then we can all live forever.
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:54:24 PM PDT
by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: Wiz
So, what is its value and impact on our society? It is basic research. All it does is help us understand the world better. There are no immediate commercial applications.
But don't let that make you think that basic research isn't important. If people could foresee the results of basic research they wouldn't need to do it. Things like nuclear reactors have come from studies that only a couple of years before were considered basic research.
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posted on
10/28/2007 9:58:02 PM PDT
by
burzum
(None shall see me, though my battlecry may give me away -Minsc)
To: TC Rider
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posted on
10/28/2007 10:15:02 PM PDT
by
oprahstheantichrist
(Stop calling them "liberals," they're Bolsheviks!)
To: neverdem
This reminds me of part of the premise for ‘The Gods Themselves’ by Isaac Asimov. Not trying to read anything into it, but I think they were playing with heavy isotopes of light elements too at the beginning.
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posted on
10/28/2007 10:19:50 PM PDT
by
tanuki
(u)
To: neverdem
“Like Adam in the book of Genesis, the heavy magnesium nuclei started appearing on the fifth day of the experiment. “
Oh yeah! Da Vinci Code sequel here I come!
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posted on
10/28/2007 10:39:36 PM PDT
by
james500
To: null and void
To: neverdem
Would the math and logic involved in the reality that these theories attempt to understand argue for some sort of design? After all this is reverse engineering isn’t it?
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:26:40 PM PDT
by
fella
(The proper application of the truth far more important than the knowledge of it's existance."Ike")
To: fella
Would the math and logic involved in the reality that these theories attempt to understand argue for some sort of design? After all this is reverse engineering isn’t it? I'd say it's experimental nuclear physicists testing the hypotheses of the theoretical nuclear physicists. By getting an unexpected result, it's back to the drawing board.
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:36:45 PM PDT
by
neverdem
(Call talk radio. We need a Constitutional Amendment for Congressional term limits. Let's Roll!)
To: null and void
An order of magnitude more impermeability for the foil hats?
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:39:38 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
To: neverdem
And other elements, higher in the periodic table, might also be able to accommodate more neutrons than expected. What they found with the particle detector was nuclei. Is it possible that any of these nuclei would have some property making it unable to take on the electrons required to become an atom?
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posted on
10/28/2007 11:45:55 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Beat a better path, and the world will build a mousetrap at your door.)
To: neverdem
The researchers picked up three of them among the quadrillion particles produced.!!!!!
Holy cow, had no idea they could do that! Always thought they had to produce thousands or millions of something before they had any real chance of seeing it. What are they doing now, cataloging and identifying every single particle produced? That's just amazing.
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posted on
10/29/2007 12:38:26 AM PDT
by
LibWhacker
(Democrats are phony Americans)
To: TC Rider
Looking to develope transparent aluminum?
Sheez - we already have it, or I should say the Germans invented it. It’s called aluminium.
Okay, so it’s only translucent, but that’s really close to transparent.
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