Higgs bosuns, inertial damping, artificial gravity, and Star Trek

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At least Geordi gets his visor
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=16153

 

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Some more finds...
Domain walls: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5367

Time constraints
http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3841


Propellantless propulsion
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=13020.1635
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/424111/first-observation-of-the-dynamical-casimir-effect/

*Anti-nuclei* http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3614 Groups are looking for evidence of anti-nuclei in cosmic rays. Anti-protons are one thing, but seeing anything heavier than anti-Helium would be strong evidence for their being regions of the universe with anti-matter dominating.

"GRAVITY SENSORS"

http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2377 - Gravimetric Radar: Gravity-Based Detection of a Point-Mass Moving in a Static Background
"If this works, then you can really forget about stealth in space. Also, this is the first step toward developing the Total Perspective Vortex."

So much for cloaked ships.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.2293 - How to measure the speed of gravity
http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3700

*Reionization* http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4277 Omniscopes?

*Feeding a Galaxy* http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4323 "How do massive giant ellipticals get their mass? With a feeding tube! This paper is about a weak-lensing survey showing a giant filament feeding a giant elliptical."

Quotes from Bad Astronomy Universe Today Forum

neutronium woes
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php/100202-Neutronium
Gravity
http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php/137569-If-a-tree-fell-in-Quantum-Gravity
http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1208/1208.3222.pdf big PDF

Galaxy core off center
http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.4844

The spiral http://cosmoquest.org/forum/showthread.php/80362-Spiral-Model-of-Solar-System/page3

Space Solar Power
http://thespacereview.com/article/2112/1

Energy storage:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnetic_energy_storage

To achieve commercially useful levels of storage, around 1 GW·h (3.6 TJ), a SMES installation would need a loop of around 100 miles (160 km). This is traditionally pictured as a circle, though in practice it could be more like a rounded rectangle. In either case it would require access to a significant amount of land to house the installation.

Good for space based power that doen't need large surface areas for photovoltaric arrays?

 

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More:
Uncertainty
http://io9.com/5942921/scientists-now-uncertain-about-heisenbergs-uncertainty-principle
Quantum teleportation http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=16440
http://www.space.com/17475-quantum-teleportation-distance-record.html
Quantum melting http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/The_quantum_world_only_partially_melts_999.html