Monthly Archives: February 2020

2 K Superfluid Helium Cryogenic Vertical Test System for Superconducting Cavity of ADS Injector I

Purpose The accelerator-driven subcritical system (ADS) is the internationally recognized key technology of nuclear waste problem treatment, of which superconducting proton linac is an important part. With the support of the strategic science and technology pilot project of the Chinese … Continue reading

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What Base on The Moon Wanted to Build the Soviet Union

In the 1960s in the Soviet Union developed an ambitious development project long-term base on the moon. The program has already entered the final stage, when there were unforeseen circumstances that led scientists to scrap the project. Unique opportunity Today, … Continue reading

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Meet the USS Akron: One of America’s Two Flying Aircraft Carriers

The USS Akron carried planes and could even recover them. Although the Navy’s two Zeppelin carriers were impressive, both were lost to bad weather. Nearly a hundred years ago the U.S. Navy asked a question: if airplanes can fly through … Continue reading

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Detecting Helium Reionization with Fast Radio Bursts

Fast radio bursts (FRB) probe the electron density of the universe along the path of propagation, making high redshift FRB sensitive to the helium reionization epoch. We analyze the signal to noise with which a detection of the amplitude of … Continue reading

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Kornbluth: Coronavirus Likely To Impact Helium Markets

The announcement that China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has declared force majeure due to the impact of coronavirus on its demand for LNG, provides a reminder that helium markets are also likely to feel at least a temporary impact … Continue reading

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