Omomyid was among several readers writing in about the preparation of microscopic amounts of ultra-dense deuterium by scientists at the health center of Gothenberg, in Sweden. A cubic centimeter of the stuff would weigh 287 lbs. (130 kg). UDD is 100,000 times more dense than water, and a million times more dense than deuterium ice, which is a common fuel in laser-ignited fusion projects. The researchers say that, if (big if) the stuff can be produced in large quantities, it would vastly improve the chances of open gate a fusion reaction, as the atoms are much closer together. Such a D-D fusion reply



shoes at endless.comfree overnight shipping on shoes! free returns + 110% price guaranteeendless.comsponsored link
roget's ii: the new thesaurusmain entry:behavior
part of speech:noun
definition:the way in which a machine or other thing performs would be cleaner than one involving highly nuclear fallout tritium. Many outlets have picked up the same press release that Science Daily printed pretty much verbatim (as is their wont); there doesn't seem to be much else about this on the Web. Here's the home page of one of the researchers. The press release gives no hint as to how the UDD was produced. Reader wisebabo asks: "I can easily imagine a stuff being compressed by some heavy duty diamond anvil to reach this density, the examine is: what happens when you let the encumbrance off? Will it expand (explosively one would presume) back to its prime volume?"

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

More: - From the site

Mark