The Playground

    Most experts outside the United States say remdesivir does not work. Is the FDA colluding with Big Pharma to shove this crap up our .......... For a god damn cold!


    FDA OKs antiviral drug remdesivir for non-hospitalized COVID patients


    https://www.axios.com/covid-fda-remdesivir-treatment-944617a0-24a6-4be6-a722-2e517a4cf697.html


    The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the antiviral drug remdesivir as a treatment for some non-hospitalized adults and pediatric patients with mild to moderate COVID symptoms.


    Why it matters: The move expands use of remdesivir, previously limited to only patients who were hospitalized, and comes as doctors face shortages of FDA-authorized treatments, per the Washington Post.


    Details: The FDA approved remdesivir as a treatment for infected people ages 12 and older who weigh at least 88 pounds, have exhibited mild to moderate COVID symptoms and are at high risk for progression to severe cases of the virus.


    The drug can be administered via intravenous infusion for a total of three days and can help reduce risk of hospitalization for high-risk patients, according to the FDA.

    It is, however, not a substitute for vaccination, which the FDA says remains the strongest preventative measure.

    What they're saying: "[T]oday’s actions bolster the arsenal of therapeutics to treat COVID-19 and respond to the surge of the Omicron variant," Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.


    The FDA's approval will give people a treatment option "outside of a traditional inpatient hospital setting, including at skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare settings and outpatient facilities such as infusion centers."

    Seems this fits just about all fields

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    United Kingdom to End Most COVID Restrictions


    United Kingdom to End Most COVID Restrictions
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Parliament members today that coronavirus passports and masking mandates will end by January 26 and that all
    trialsitenews.com


    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Parliament members today that coronavirus passports and masking mandates will end by January 26 and that all other COVID restrictions would end by March 24.


    In remarks to the House of Commons, the primary chamber of the British Parliament, Johnson called for an end to the nation’s “Plan B” COVID restrictions.


    As Infections Recede U.K. to Repeal COVID Laws


    Johnson made the announcement on the basis that COVID cases appeared to have peaked in England. Infection cases are also being dominated by the less lethal Omicron variant, against which current vaccines are less effective. His comments were met with cheers from Conservative benches.



    The United Kingdom reported more than 108,000 new positive Covid tests on Wednesday, compared to about 130,000 a week ago. Cases have been dropping most of this year.


    Deaths and hospitalization rates have also fallen.


    COVID Passports and Masking Requirements Will End


    Johnson told lawmakers that the government would no longer enforce COVID passport or masking requirements in businesses or public spaces, including at schools.


    The government is expected to announce rollbacks of other restrictions on travel and health care settings shortly.


    Politics, Not Vaccines, May End COVID Era in Britain


    Johnson made his comments to shore up waning political support due to his handling of the pandemic. Several political parties have called on his government to resign.


    As he announced an end of the COVID era in Britain, Labour Party leaders, trade unions and certain doctors’ groups criticized Johnson’s plan even as opponents of the U.K.’s draconian restrictions supported him.


    COVID Still Divides the World


    The announcement comes at a time of widening divisions across the globe. Nations including China, Australia, Austria and Germany appear to be embracing still more draconian vaccine mandates, masking requirements and restrictions on travel and movement within their borders. Meanwhile nations such as Israel, Spain and Cyprus have entertained easing COVID restrictions in recent weeks.


    The United States is deeply fractured in its approach with the Supreme Court having recently struck down President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates for business with a 100 employees or more even as it upheld mandates for federal health care workers. States and cities are also responding in piecemeal fashion to new pandemic developments, with some, including California and New York, persisting with tight restrictions and others, including Florida and Texas, easing COVID rules.


    Britain’s course has had outsized impacts on global COVID responses from the start. As early as March 2020 models presented by Professor Neil Ferguson, head of the MRC GIDA team and director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (J-IDEA) steered the world toward a new complex of rules and restrictions that drove protesters to the streets and led billions to isolate in their homes and behind face masks.


    Now that one of the pioneers of the global COVID regime has changed course, other nations across the world will likely reexamine their policies as well. Regardless of what governments decide the COVID era will have lasting impacts, globally, on democratic principles and more general matters of governance including notions of rule of law, individual liberty, due process and appropriate public health responses

    Quote from interested observer

    ...the main activity on this website is an ongoing debate about Covid-19


    Quote from Alan Smith

    This is a cold fusion forum, and that should therefore be the dominant topic.

    In parts per million, what's the percentage of words on LENR Forum dedicated to Covid?


    In visits every day, how many more folks come here to visit the Playground and debate Covid instead of to discuss CMNS?


    TOO MUCH AND TOO MANY


    interested observer I agree that the main activity on this site is Covid. New visitors probably wonder about that.


    Alan Smith This is a cold fusion forum and even the Playground was dedicated to mainly related subjects and relevant circular arguments. Now the vast majority of words exchanged on LENR Forum are Covid circular arguments totally unrelated to cold fusion. It's like a disease causing disease among us.

    The current findings open a new path for initiating fusion reactions for further study within the scientific community. However, the reaction rates need to be increased substantially to achieve appreciable power levels, which may be possible utilizing various reaction multiplication methods under consideration,” said Glenn’s Bruce Steinetz, Ph.D., the NASA project principal investigator... 'IEEE Spectrum article 05 Aug 2020 Spacecraft of the Future Could Be Powered By Lattice Confinement Fusion

    Ed note: It's been recommended that I suggest you review these first. The latest development from GEC, one of the lead LCF partners at NASA.

    Journalist Study Slides (copied, for ease of study, from: GEC Hybrid Fusion Reactor Development and Manufacturing, GEC Solutions, Projects at the GEC website httpwwwgecsolutionswhatwedohtml)

    Slideshow A - The unique GEC electric vehicle (copied, for ease of study, from: GEC Hybrid Fusion Reactor Development and Manufacturing, GEC Solutions, Projects at the GEC website httpwwwgecsolutionswhatwedohtml) https://drive.google.com/file/…anKzF-8jCflYBiRLpE-y/view

    Slideshow B - GEC Reactor - Thorium as main fuel source (copied, for ease of study, from: GEC Hybrid Fusion Reactor Development and Manufacturing, GEC Solutions, Projects at the GEC website httpwwwgecsolutionswhatwedohtml) https://drive.google.com/file/…_02yzjg-D3T1cAkdO2N7/view

    Lattice Confinement Fusion (LCF)

    Website (at NASA)

    Videos

    'The GRC Team’s LCF Journey'

    'Nuclear Fusion Reactions in Deuterated Metals'

    Publications

    'NASA Detects Lattice Confinement Fusion'

    'Novel Nuclear Reactions Observed in Bremsstrahlung-Irradiated Deuterated Metals' NASA/TP-20205001616

    'Nuclear Fusion Reactions in Deuterated Metals' NASA/TP-20205001617

    IEEE Spectrum article 05 Aug 2020

    "Spacecraft of the Future Could Be Powered By Lattice Confinement Fusion"

    Michael Koziol '- nuclear fusion tokamak not included -' (note that it's in the URL)

    Spacecraft of the Future Could Be Powered By Lattice Confinement Fusion
    NASA researchers demonstrate the ability to fuse atoms inside room-temperature metals
    spectrum.ieee.org

    Its' google snippet is interesting as well:

    • "NASA researchers demonstrate the ability to fuse atoms inside room-temperature metals. ... In fact, all they needed was a bit of metal, some hydrogen, and an electron accelerator. The team believes that their method, called lattice confinement fusion, could be a potential new power source for deep space missions. Aug 5, 2020"

    Further References

    “DTRA: Investigation of Nano-Nuclear Reactions in Condensed Matter Final Report” June 2016 Affiliation: US Navy SPAWAR-PAC, Global Energy Corporation, University of New Mexico, University of Austin

    From Table 5-2. (page 88) List of presentations to admirals and heads of government agencies.

    Date / Meeting Place / Person(s) Briefed

    • Aug. 2, 2006 NDIA Naval S&T Partnership Conference in Washington DC: RADM William E. Landay III (head of ONR), Dr. Mike McGrath (head of S&T at ASN, RDA), Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. (USAF, retired)
    • Sept. 28, 2006 Capt. S. Black (Navy Liaison to the Vice President) in the Vice Presidents’ ceremonial office in the old executive office building in Washington DC.
    • May 2007 NDIA Joint Services Environmental Management Conference in Columbus, OH: Len Gollobin (Head of NDIA Energy Security Panel), Jim Woolsey (former head of CIA)
    • Nov. 7, 2007 SSC-Pacific: RADM Charles (Grunt) Smith (Vice CDR of SPAWAR)
    • May 2008 SSC-Pacific: James Colvard (retired SES, on special assignment to the Secretary of the Navy)
    • Apr. 2009 SSC-Pacific: ADM James Hogg (four star admiral, retired)
    • Apr. 14, 2009 SSC-Pacific: Brief given to congressional staffers
    • Apr. 27, 2009 SSC-Pacific: RADM Nevin P. Carr Jr. (Head of ONR)
    • May 14, 2009 AFCEA C4ISR at the San Diego Convention Center
    • June 26, 2009 SSC-Pacific: Dr. Richard L. Garwin (JASON Defense Advisory Group)
    • Aug. 2009 SSC-Pacific: B.J. Penn (ASN)
    • Sept. 24, 2009 SSC-Pacific: RADM Joe Rixey (Vice CDR of SPAWAR)
    • Oct. 27, 2009 SSC-Pacific: Mr. Zachary Lemnios (DDR&E)
    • Dec. 9, 2009 Chief of Naval Operations/Strategic Studies Group
    • May 13, 2010 MITRE Corp., VA, EMIS
    • June 29, 2010 Army Research Labs, Adelphi MD: RDECOM Power and Energy TFT LENR Workshop
    • Oct. 14, 2010 SSC-Pacific: Congressman Darrell Issa
    • Aug. 30, 2011 SSC-Pacific: Dr. Richard Carlin (ONR)
    • Others: RADM Kenneth Slaght (SPAWAR HQ); RADM Tim Flynn (when Captain of SSC-San Diego); Dr. John Fisher (DDR&E); Dr. Fred Saalfeld (senior civilian at ONR); VADM G. Peter Nanos (retired, Associate Director R&D at DTRA); Congresswoman Susan Davis; Senator Diane Feinstein

    NASA GEC LENR Reactor for Space Power/Electric Space Drive

    Scale-up Build and Test 100 kilowatt to 20 megawatt thermal

    + Umbrella Agreement - January 2018

    • The initial goal is to develop and run a self-sustaining 10 kW thermal, 2 kW electric, hybrid generator for planetary space missions and planetary surface power. Such generator technology would be scalable to 100 kW at the Plum Book Facility. Larger generator designs would be built and run at appropriate offsite location. https://www.nasa.gov/saa/domestic/24838_SAA3-1529.pdf

    + Annex to the Umbrella Agreement https://www.nasa.gov/saa/domestic/24839_SAA3-1529-1.pdf

    GEC presentations of the NASA GRC LENR reactor contract

    ‘Space Application of a Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactor’ (ICCF21 abstracts) Lawrence P. Forsley, Pamela A. Mosier-Boss Global Energy Corporation, USA Email: [email protected]

    • JWK Corporation and Global Energy Corporation have spent the past two decades understanding and developing Condensed Matter Nuclear Reactions with the US Navy and NASA. This has resulted in a US Patent, 8,419,919 “System and Method Generating Particles”, that has been replicated and published in over 50 peer-reviewed papers. We have observed energetic particles during Pd/D co-deposition [1, 2] including ≥ 1.8 MeV protons (with 15 MeV protons), ≥ 7 MeV alphas, and 2.5 MeV and 14.1 MeV neutrons [3]. These neutrons are energetic enough to fission uranium as was reported in 2016 [4] with an average energy > 6 MeV.
    • Deep space missions are dependent upon 238Pu thermoelectric generators (RTG) providing less than 1 kW of electrical power. With the exception of the solar powered Juno probe, every spacecraft destined past Mars has been RTG dependent. Consequently, deep space missions are power deprived for both instrumentation and propulsion. Indeed, human travel beyond the Earth-Moon system requires nuclear electric propulsion if astronauts are to arrive healthy.
    • Global Energy Corporation (GEC) began developing a non-fissile reactor core suitable for deep-space power. GEC has a second Space Act Agreement with NASA Glenn Research Center to develop a launch-compatible design, operating at the Plum Brook Station facility. Plum Brook has vacuum, acoustic and shake table systems to certify space launch capability. Various electrical power needs range from tens of kilowatts for instruments to over 20 megawatts for human space craft electric propulsion and planetary power. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sp7…ew=Forsley-Lawrence-1.pdf

    Space Application of a Hybrid Fusion-Fission Reactor w Forsley (soundcloud)

    Global Energy Corporation (GEC)

    Website (note link to NASA Lattice Confinement Fusion)

    Global Energy Corporation Launches(cold fusion) Electric Vehicle

    (LENR) "trickle charger" gives the car a "10,000 mile range" without fueling or charging. Patented nanogenerator simply "attaches to battery pack of existing EVs... "

    I can make this site have more words about cold fusion than Covid today...


    Skill-Set and History of the Inventors of the Google LENR Patents

    On February 7th 2019 two LENR technology patents assigned to Google Inc. became exposed/published. They were each filed on the same day a year and a half ago, August 3rd 2017. It’s hard to tell how long Google has had these inventors working on developing this LENR energy technology. At least a couple of years before the filing date of the patent, let’s say 2015 or earlier.

    Carl Page, the brother of the founder of Google, has been very active for many years at the LENR company Brillouin Energy, Berkeley CA, USA. Both an investor and active agent, he serves on the Technical Advisory Board and is supportive of their ongoing growth, during this important phase, as ‘Brillouin Energy prepares to enter the commercial marketplace’ (press release).

    Larry Page, as CEO of ‘Google’ is pursuing an alternate LENR energy technology pathway. The work is being done by a group out of Munday Labs at the University of Maryland. Last year Munday Labs received a lucrative DoD contract for two years of continued research. It makes sense that Google Inc. might develop the technology, through the commercial LENR reactor design phase, in partnership with a private industrial laboratory group in the semi conductor or nano technology industries or in the security of a DoD lab. Time and further investigation will eventually lead to answers for these questions.

    The Google LENR energy technology group comes as a surprise to many; which leads to speculation questioning how serious Google is in developing this technology. Yet the possibility of Google investing in the field was alluded to in a 2016 E-Cat World article:

    “Of course with his family ties to Google, one wonders how much his younger brother Larry might be paying attention to LENR now. The Alphabet company was formed to let Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin broaden their horizons and explore topics outside the traditional web/search field. Right now they have efforts going in areas such as longevity research, robotics, drone delivery, and capital investment. One wonders if they might see LENR as an important new area of innovation that should be explored.”

    Well it seems that Frank Ackland was correct. In fact Google Inc. was most likely working on developing these patents at the time of his article.

    I hope this compilation provides information and leads which will set many of these speculations and doubts to rest. The inventors are highly skilled and work in fields that are directly related to LENR research. Professor Munday attended an APS Meeting that held a seminar on cold fusion research. His labs’ research in palladium nanocrystals during hydrogen absorption and desorption, thin metallic films co-depositation, photonics, and plasmonics for energy to nanoscale forces provides experience for work developing SPAWAR/GEC type LENR systems. The Global Energy Corporationhea dquarters are nearby in Virginia. These two groups may know of each other... building on each others works. The Google Inc. Washington D.C. headquarters are close by. Many questions come to mind which will require further investigation, and time, to resolve. The following compilation, at the very least, provides a starting point.

    The Compilation

    Google Corporation LENR Energy Patents: History and Skill-Set of the Inventorshttps://gbgoble.kinja.com/goog…istory-and-ski-1832540626

    The Google Inc. LENR Energy Technology Patents

    “Enhanced Electron Screening Through Plasmon Oscillations”

    US 20190043624 A1 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi…0043624&RS=DN/20190043624Drawings: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20190043624.pdf

    Inventors: David K. Fork (Mountain View, CA), Jeremy N. Munday (North Bethesda, MD), Tarun Narayan (Washington, DC), Joseph B. Murray (Laurel MD)

    Applicant: Google Inc., Mountain View CA; University of Maryland, College Park MD Appl. No.15/668436; Filed: August 3, 2017; Published: February 7, 2019

    Abstract

    Enhanced Coulomb repulsion screening around light element nuclei is achieved by way of utilizing electromagnetic (EM) radiation to induce plasmon oscillations in target structures (e.g., nanoparticles) in a way that produces high density electron clouds in localized regions of the target structures, thereby generating charge density variations around light element atoms located in the localized regions. Each target structure includes an electrically conductive body including light elements (e.g., a metal hydride/deuteride/tritide) that is configured to undergo plasmon oscillations in response to the applied EM radiation. The induced oscillations causes free electrons to converge in the localized region, thereby producing transient high electron charge density levels that enhance Coulomb repulsion screening around light element (e.g., deuterium) atoms located in the localized regions. Various systems capable of implementing enhanced Coulomb repulsion screening are described, and various nanostructure compositions and configurations are disclosed that serve to further enhance fusion reaction rates.

    “Target Structure For Enhanced Electron Screening” US 20190045617 A1 http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi…0045617&RS=DN/20190045617Images: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20190045617.pdf

    Inventors: Fork, David K. (Mountain View, CA); Munday, Jeremy N. (North Bethesda, MD); Narayan, Tarun (Washington, DC); Murray, Joseph B. (Laurel, MD)

    Applicant: Google Inc. Mountain View CA; University of Maryland, College Park MD Appl. No. 15/668499; Filed: August 3, 2017; Published: February 7, 2019

    Abstract

    Enhanced Coulomb repulsion (electron) screening around light element nuclei is achieved by way of utilizing target structures (e.g., nanoparticles) that undergo plasmon oscillation when subjected to electromagnetic (EM) radiation, whereby transient high density electron clouds are produced in localized regions of the target structures during each plasmon oscillation cycle. Each target structure includes an integral body composed of an electrically conductive material that contains light element atoms (e.g., metal hydrides, metal deuterides or metal tritides). The integral body is also configured (i.e., shaped/sized) to undergo plasmon oscillations in response to the applied EM radiation such that the transient high density electron clouds are formed during each plasmon oscillation cycle, whereby brief but significantly elevated charge density variations are generated around light element (e.g., deuterium) atoms located in the localized regions, thereby enhancing Coulomb repulsion screening to enhance nuclear fusion reaction rates. Various target structure compositions and configurations are disclosed.

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    Lawrence P. G. Forsley and Capt. John V. Heckmann Jr., CO of Naval Facilities - Guam

    • A Review of U. S. Government Funded LENR Energy 2018
    • Published on January 26, 2018

    Author’s photoGregory GobleDispatcher at Big Dog City Wide

    This is an ongoing compilation, a chronological list that will be added to as information becomes available. The title and link is provided here: U. S. Government LENR Energy 2018 Review

    Reviewing twenty five years of U.S. funded ‘cold fusion’ projects including patents, contracts, publications and public/private sector partnership efforts towards LENR energy applied engineering and LENR energy commercialization.

    The government of the United States of America has filed many ‘cold fusion’ patents. These low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) patents take time to develop, often a number of years before filing with a patent office; each being a tedious project unto itself. One patent’s development began with a contract from NSWC, Indian Head Division in 2008, “Deuterium Reactor” US 20130235963 A1, by Pharis Edward Williams. This patent was not filed till 2012, four years later. Another delay can occur between the patent filing date and publication date if the patent is deemed a matter of national security. This may be the case with the 2007 SPAWAR patent, System and Method for Generating Particles - US8419919B1, with a filing date of Sep. 21, 2007 and publication date of Apr. 16, 2013, a delay of six years. Usually a patent gets published (becomes exposed) within one year of the filing date, rarely longer; for a delay of six years there seems no other explanation.

    U.S. LENR patent development has been funded through the Air Force, NASA, the Navy and many other Department of Defense labs. The government may retain rights to any of these LENR patents and control licensing agreements. Patent licensing may be granted to those who partnered with government labs in the development of LENR technology, as in the case of SPAWAR JWK LENR technology and the Global Energy Corporation. Included with the patents in this review are U.S. Government funded LENR energy applied engineering programs and presentations, along with a few from related company partners.

    A chronological review of U.S. funded ‘cold fusion’ projects and patents, accompanied with a list of the individuals, companies, universities and agencies involved may be helpful in understanding the history of, and to determine the direction of, United States of America government funded LENR energy technologies entering the marketplace.

    Boeing, General Electric and many others team up with NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration developing LENR aircraft. Both the SpaceWorks contract with NASA and the many Universities/NASA/Companies joint LENR aerospace presentations point towards NASA partnering with private industry on spaceplanes and Mars. Together they are preparing the way for low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) non-radioactive nuclear flight (NRNF).

    The SPAWAR and JWK partnership developed a different form of LENR energy technology. This SPAWAR JWK LENR technology transmutes nuclear waste to benign elements while creating high process steam. The SPAWAR JWK LENR tech group is partnered with the Global Energy Corporation (GEC). Applied engineering has culminated in the GeNie reactor placed within an electrical generating unit called the Small Modular Generator (SMG). Recent commercialization claims are, “GEC is currently negotiating several new SMG construction contracts ranging from 250MWe to 5GWe around the world”. This LENR energy technology leads towards massive electrical power generation and the worldwide cleanup of nuclear waste.

    U. S Government LENR Energy 2018 Review is open source

    This review will be updated as new information becomes available, the URL will remain the same. The most recent edition will always be what you see at http://gbgoble.kinja.com Permission is given for anyone to copy and use provided you include the following.

    title (review edit date editor) as shown here:

    U. S. Government LENR Energy 2018 Review (review edit 1/27/2018 gbgoble)

    1993 Air Force Patent “Method of maximizing anharmonic oscillations in deuterated alloys” US5411654A Assignee: HYDROELECTRON VENTURES Inc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US Air Force - This invention was made with U.S. Government support under contract No. F19628-90-C-0002, awarded by the Air Force. The Government has certain rights in this invention. Filed: Jul. 2, 1993GRANT issued: Feb. 5, 1995 - Inventors: Brian S. Ahern, Keith H. Johnson, Harry R. Clark Jr. https://patents.google.com/patent/US5411654A

    1996 Air Force Patent (a patent continuation) “Amplification of energetic reactions” US20110233061A1 This invention was made with U.S. Government support under contract No. F19-6528-90-C-0002, awarded by the Air Force. The Government has certain rights in this invention. This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/331,007, filed Oct. 28, 1994, now abandoned, which is a division of Ser. No. 08/086,821, filed Jul. 2, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,411,654 - Inventor: Brian S. Ahern - Filing date: Mar 25, 2011 Publication date: Sep 29, 2011 https://www.google.com/patents/US20110233061A1

    2007 SPAWAR Patent “System and method for generating particles” US8419919B1 Filing: Sep 21, 2007 - Publication: Apr 16, 2013 Assignee: JWK International Corporation, The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy - GRANT Issued: Apr 16, 2013 2007 Inventors: Pamela A. Boss, Frank E. Gordon, Stanislaw Szpak, Lawrence Parker Galloway Forsley https://www.google.com/patents/US8419919B1

    2008 Patent (SPAWAR JWK LENR tech) “A hybrid fusion fast fission reactor”WO2009108331A2 - Publication date: Dec 30, 2009 - Priority date: Feb 25, 2008 Inventors: Lawrence Parker Galloway Forsley, Jay Wook Khim - Applicant: Lawrence Parker Gallow Forsley https://www.google.com/patents/WO2009108331A2

    2008 DoD Grant (2014 patent publication date) “Deuterium Reactor”US20130235963A1 $25,000 was received in 2008 from NSWC, Indian Head Division, to design experiments, review reports, and analyze data. The experiments verified heating using powered/granulated fuel. editor note

    Quote: “As a United States Department of Defense (DoD) Energetics Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division is a critical component of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Warfare Center (WFC) Enterprise. One of the WFC’s nine Divisions, Indian Head’s mission is to research, develop, test, evaluate, and produce energetics and energetic systems for U.S. fighting forces.” -end note Filed: Mar 12, 2012 Publication date: Sep 12, 2013

    Inventor: Pharis Edward Williams Original Assignee: Pharis Edward Williams https://www.google.com/patents/US20130235963A1

    2009 thru 2010 NASA-LaRC SpaceWorks Contract (applied engineering)

    Quote: “SpaceWorks conducted separate vehicle design studies evaluating the potential impact of two advanced propulsion system concepts under consideration by NASA Langley Research Center: The first concept was an expendable multistage rocket vehicle which utilized an advanced Air-Augmented Rocket (AAR) engine. The effect of various rocket thrust augmentation ratios were identified the resulting vehicle design where compared against a traditional expendable rocket concept. The second concept leverage Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), a new form of energy generation being studied at NASA LaRC, to determine how to utilize an LENR-based propulsion system for space access. For this activity, two LENR-based rocket engine propulsion performance models where developed jointly by SpaceWorks and LaRC personnel.” -end quote See: “SpaceWorks Advanced Concepts Group (ACG) Overview” October 2012 PowerPoint presentation, page 31. http://www.sei.aero/eng/papers…ts_Group_ACG_Overview.pdf

    2009 Navy Patent “Excess enthalpy upon pressurization of nanosized metals with deuterium” WO2011041370A1 - Original Assignee: The Government Of The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy - Inventor: David A. Kidwell - Priority date: Sep 29, 2009 - Publication date: Mar 31, 2011 - The present application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Application Serial No. 61/246,619 by David A. Kidwell, filed September 29, 2009 entitled “ANOMALOUS HEAT GENERATION FROM DEUTERIUM (OR PLATINUM) LOADED NANOPARTICLES.” GRANT issued: Nov 10, 2015 https://www.google.com/patents/WO2011041370A1

    2009 November Defense Intelligence Agency (LENR report) DIA-08-0911-003 Technology Forecast: “Worldwide Research on Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Increasing and Gaining Acceptance” Quote, “LENR power sources could produce the greatest transformation of the battlefield for U.S. forces since the transition from horsepower to gasoline power.” -end quote Prepared by: Beverly Barnhart, DIA/DI, Defense Warning Office. With contributions from: Dr. Patrick McDaniel, University of New Mexico; Dr. Pam Mosier-Boss, U.S. Navy SPAWAR/Pacific; Dr. Michael McKubre, SRI International; Mr. Lawrence Forsley, JWK International; and Dr. Louis DeChiaro, NSWC/Dahlgren. Coordinated with DIA/DRI, CPT, DWO, DOE/IN, US Navy SPAWAR/Pacific and U.S. NSWC/Dahlgren,VA. http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BarnhartBtechnology.pdf

    2010 Navy Patent (LENR fuel) “Metal nanoparticles with a pre-selected number of atoms” US 8728197 B2 - Original Assignee: The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy - Inventors: Albert Epshteyn, David A. Kidwell GRANT issued: May 20, 2014https://www.google.com/patents/US8728197B2

    (editor note) E-Cat’s first public demo by Rossi in January 2011

    2011 Nov. (SPAWAR LENR news) Quote, “On or about Nov. 9, 2011, Rear Admiral Patrick Brady , commander of SPAWAR, ordered SPAWAR researchers to terminate all LENR research.” -end quote A New Energy Times article titled,“Navy Commander Halts SPAWAR LENR Research” by Steven Krivit http://news.newenergytimes.net…lts-spawar-lenr-research/

    2011 NASA Patent “Method for Producing Heavy Electrons” US20110255645A1 Inventor: Joseph M. Zawodny - Assignee: USA As Represented By The Administrator Of NASA - Pursuant to 35U.S.C. §119, the benefit of priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/317,379, with a filing date of Mar. 25, 2010, is claimed for this non-provisional application, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. The invention was made by an employee of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor. Publication date: Oct 20, 2011 - Filing date: Mar 24, 2011 https://www.google.com/patents/US20110255645A1

    2012 NASA/Boeing Publication (applied engineering) NASA Contract NNL08AA16B – NNL11AA00T “Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research – Phase II N+4 Advanced Concept Development”

    (editor note) The NASA Working Group Report also makes public the following list of organizations and individuals working on the advanced concept contract:

    Boeing

    Marty Bradley, Christopher Droney, Zachary Hoisington, Timothy Allen, Dwaine Cotes, Yueping Guo, Brian Foist, Blaine Rawdon, Sean Wakayama, Emily Dallara, Ed Kowalski, Joe Wa, Ismail Robbana, Sergey Barmichev, Larry Fink, Mithra Sankrithi, Edward White

    General Electric

    Kurt Murrow, Jeff Hammel, Srini Gowda

    Georgia Tech

    Michelle Kirby, Hongjun Ran, Teawoo Nam, Jimmy Tai, Chris Perullo

    Vermont Tech

    Joe Schetz, Rakesh Kapania

    NASA

    Mark Guynn, Erik Olson, Gerald Brown, Larry Leavitt, Richard Wahls, Doug Wells, James Felder, Casey Burley, John Martin

    Federal Aviation Administration

    Rhett Jeffries, Christopher Sequiera

    Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research Phase II: N+4 Advanced Concept Development - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    2012 National Institute of Aeronautics and NASA (applied engineering)

    “MPD Augmentation of a Thermal Air Rocket Utilizing Low Energy Nuclear Reactions”Roger Lepsch, NASA Langley Research Center; Matt Fischer, National Institute of Aerospace; Christopher Jones, National Institute of Aerospace; Alan Wilhite, National Institute of Aerospace. Presented at the 53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, April 26, 2012 https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2012-1351

    2012 Global Energy Corporation news (SPAWAR JWK LENR tech)

    “Virginia Firm Offers Nuclear Energy” Jun 2012 - Emmanuel T. Erediano http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/c…offers-nuclear-energy.php

    Quote:

    “Lawrence P.G. Forsley, vice president for science and technology of Global Energy Corp. (globalenergycorporation.com), said their “revolutionary technology” is based on the “new science of hybrid fusion fast fission” green nuclear energy, or “Genie.”

    Forsley said he is among the GEC scientists who conducted 23 years of research and development with the U.S. Navy. He said they completed the design of a safe, clean, secure and affordable green hybrid fusion nuclear reactor for commercial uses.

    Genie reactors, he said, don’t use a uranium-235 chain reaction. Without a chain reaction, there can’t be a runaway, core meltdown, no explosions initiated by the meltdowns and no radioactive fallout, he added. Genie reactors, Forsley said, don’t have nuclear waste problems.

    It doesn’t need a spent fuel pool nor a spent fuel waste storage dump. It “burns” uranium-238 that comprises 95 percent of conventional nuclear waste. Therefore, Genie actually “cleans” nuclear waste, he added.

    Dayberry said Genie will cut consumer power costs by 50 percent.” -end quotes

    ALSO “Guam Eyes Clean Nuclear Power” http://www.mvariety.com/cnmi/c…-eyes-clean-nuclear-power

    Quote:

    “We’re generation five,” Dr. Khim (President of Global Energy Corp) told the Variety during an exclusive interview, “and first of all this is a brand new concept.” He said safety is the first consideration, and that cannot be ensured by building higher walls around reactors, as Japan saw last year with Fukushima.

    “You have to change the basic science of nuclear power,” Khim explained. “We’ve been working with the U.S. Navy for about 22 years and the basic science phase is now over. Now we’re going into commercial development, which the Navy is not going to do.” But Khim says the science has been repeatedly duplicated by the Navy, and has been proven, recognized and published.

    Officials of the Navy on Guam, including Capt. John V. Heckmann Jr., CO of Naval Facilities and a professional engineer, attended the GEC briefing. The GEC board of directors, Khim says, includes some well-known Washington D.C. Players, including former Secretary of Defense Frank Carlucci, former Congressman and Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, and former U.S. Congressman Tom Davis, among others.” - end quotes

    (editor note) E-Cat’s Ferrara, Italy tests Dec. 2012 and Mar. 2013

    2013 Navy Patent (a 2009 patent continuation) “Excess enthalpy upon pressurization of dispersed palladium with hydrogen or deuterium” US9192918B2 Original Assignee: The United States Of America, As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy - Inventors: David A. Kidwell editor note: see PRIORITY CLAIM) i.e. “All applications listed in this paragraph as well as all other publications and patent documents referred to throughout this nonprovisional application are incorporated herein by reference.” -end editor note- Filing date: Aug 8, 2013 - GRANT issued: Nov 24, 2015 https://www.google.com/patents/US9192918B2

    May 2013 NASA (publication) NASA/TM-2013-217981, L-20240, NF1676L-16305- “Advanced-to-Revolutionary Space Technology Options – The Responsibly Imaginable” Apr 1, 2013 Dennis M. Bushnell - See pg. 13, ‘Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, the Realism and the Outlook’ Quote: “- given the truly massive-to-mind boggling benefits – solutions to climate, energy and the limitations that restrict the NASA Mission areas, all of them. The key to space exploration is energetics. The key to supersonic transports and neighbor-friendly personal fly/drive air vehicles is energetics, as simplex examples of the potential implications of this area of research.” –end quote - Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist NASA Langley on the energetics of LENR. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20130011698

    2013 Boeing Patent (applied engineering) “Rotational annular airscrew with integrated acoustic arrester” CA2824290A1 Applicant: The Boeing Company, Matthew D. Moore, Kelly L. Boren - Filing date: Aug 16, 2013 - Publication date: May 12, 2014 - “ The contra-rotating forward coaxial electric motor and the contra-rotating aft coaxial electric motor are coupled to at least one energy source. The contra-rotating forward coaxial electric motor and the contra-rotating aft coaxial electric motor may be directly coupled to the at least one energy source, or through various control and/or power distribution circuits. The energy source may comprise, for example, a system to convert chemical, solar or nuclear energy into electricity within or coupled to a volume bearing structure. The energy source may comprise, for example but without limitation, a battery, a fuel cell, a solar cell, an energy harvesting device, low energy nuclear reactor (LENR), a hybrid propulsion system, or other energy source. https://www.google.com/patents/CA2824290A1

    (editor note) E-Cat’s Oct. 2014 32 day test in Lugano, Switzerland

    2014 NASA and Cal Tech LENR energy publication (applied engineering )“Impact of Advanced Energy Technologies on Aircraft Design” Authors: Roger Lepsch - NASA Langley Research Center, Matt Fischer - National Institute of Aerospace, Christopher Jones - National Institute of Aerospace, Alan Wilhite - National Institute of Aerospace; 52nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech, (AIAA 2014-0538) Jan 17, 2014. Quote: “The impact of low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) technology on the design of aircraft is examined. Energy conversion possibilities considered and a Brayton cycle engine with a LENR heat exchanger is selected. Potential aerospace applications of LENR devices are discussed and a high altitude (HALE) unmanned aeriel vehicle with multi-year endurance is conceptualized with primary focus on energy management.” -end quote. http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2014-0538

    Slide show: https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/site…t/files/SeedlingWELLS.pdf

    2014 NASA and Georgia Institute of Technology (applied engineering) “The Application of LENR to Synergistic Mission Capabilities” Presented at AIAA AVIATION 2014 Atlanta, GA USA, Douglas P. Wells NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, Dimitri N. Mavris Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/….nasa.gov/20150000549.pdf

    2014 NASA and Cal Tech Presentation (applied engineering) “Low Energy Nuclear Reaction Aircraft” NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) 2014 Seedling Technical Seminar, February 19–27, 2014.

    California Polytechnic State University • Dr. Rob McDonald • Advanced Topics in Aircraft Design course (10wks) • Sponsored Research Project Team

    NASA Glenn Research Center • Jim Felder, Chris Snyder

    NASA Langley Research Center • Bill Fredericks, Roger Lepsch, John Martin, Mark Moore, Doug Wells, Joe Zawodny https://nari.arc.nasa.gov/site…t/files/SeedlingWELLS.pdf

    2014 NASA (presentation) “Frontier Aerospace Opportunities” NASA/TM-2014-218519, L-20449, NF1676L-19426 Dennis M. Bushnell Oct 01, 2014 LENR (pages) 11, 13, 21, 24, 25, and 26. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/….nasa.gov/20150001248.pdf

    2015 September Dr. DeChiaro - Branch Q51 NSWC Dahlgren (presentation)IEEE Date: 23 September 2015 Presented by Dr. Louis F. DeChiaro - NSWC Dahlgren and Professor Peter Hagelstein - MIT editor note- This DeChiaro Bio.

    Quote: “He joined the US Navy as a civilian Physicist in September, 2006 and since 2009 been performing investigations in LENR physics and supporting the EMC efforts of Branch Q51 at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA. During the period 2010-2012 he was on special assignment at the Naval Research Labs, Washington, D.C. in their experimental LENR group. Dr. DeChiaro is a member of Tau Beta Pi.” - end quote

    Bios for these speakers are found at: https://meetings.vtools.ieee.org/m/35303

    IEEE presentation title: “Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) Phenomena and Potential Applications” http://fuelrfuture.com/science/navylenr.pdf

    2016 - May 4th, U.S. House Committee on Armed Services (LENR inquire)

    Quote “The committee is aware of recent positive developments in developing low energy nuclear reactions (LENR), which produce ultra clean, low cost renewable energy that have strong national security implications.

    ...the committee directs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing on the military utility of recent U.S. industrial base LENR advancements to the House Committee on Armed Services by September 22, 2016. See -Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) Briefing; “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017" page 87. https://www.congress.gov/114/c…pt537/CRPT-114hrpt537.pdf

    2016 SPAWAR, U. of Austin, U. of New Mexico, and GEC (publication) Defense Threat Reduction Agency “DTRA: INVESTIGATION OF NANO-NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN CONDENSED MATTER FINAL REPORT” June 2016 Affiliation: US Navy SPAWAR-PAC, Global Energy Corporation, University of New Mexico, University of Austin https://www.researchgate.net/p…ENSED_MATTER_FINAL_REPORT

    2016 NASA Patent “Methods and apparatus for enhanced nuclear reactions”US20170263337A1 Inventors: Vladimir Pines, Marianna Pines, Bruce Steinetz, Arnon Chait, Gustave Fralick, Robert Hendricks, Paul Westmeyer - Current Assignee: NASA Glenn Research Center, Pinesci Consulting - Priority date: 2016-03-09, Application: 2017-09-14. editor note- US20170263337A1 claims that many types of materials are suitable for LENR. - end note

    Quote:

    [0082] It should be understood that any material which may be hydrided may be used as the initial material, such as, for example, single-walled or double-walled carbon nanotubes. Double-walled carbon nanotubes in particular have an internal spacing consistent with the lattice spacing of palladium-silver lattices, the usage of which in experiment will be described in detail below.

    Alternatively, materials such as silicon, graphene, boron nitride, silicene, molybdenum disulfide or ferritin may be used, although it should be understood that substantially two-dimensional structures, such as graphene, boron nitride, silicene and molybdenum disulfide are not hydrated similar to their three-dimensional counterparts and may be subjected to a separate process, specifically with the two-dimensional structure being positioned adjacent one of the above materials, as will be described in greater detail below.

    Similarly, ferritin and other complex materials may be filled or loaded with hydrogen using methods specific to the particular material properties. In general, the initial material may be any suitable material which is able to readily absorb and or adsorb hydrogen isotopes, such as, for example, metal hydrides (e.g., titanium, scandium, vanadium, chromium, yttrium, niobium, zirconium, palladium, hafnium, tantalum, etc.), lanthanides (e.g., lanthanum, cesium, etc.), actinides (e.g., actinium, thallium, uranium, etc.), ionic hydrides (e.g., lithium, strontium, etc.), covalent hydrides (e.g., gallium, germanium, bismuth, etc.), intermediate hydrides (e.g., beryllium, magnesium, etc.), and select metals known to be active (e.g., nickel, tungsten, rhenium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, etc.), along with hydrides thereof, as well as alloys with non-hydriding materials (e.g., silver, copper, etc.), suspensions, and combinations thereof. - end quote https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170263337A1

    (editor note) The patent US20170263337A1 is a LENR patent by a NASA team. This patent’s citations include two patents “Method and apparatus for generating thermal energy” and “Methods of generating energetic particles using nanotubes and articles thereof” which have a classification: G21B3/00 Low temperature nuclear fusion reactors, e.g. alleged cold fusion reactors. Also note the following Glenn Research Center Publication, “Investigation of Deuterium Loaded Materials Subject to X-Ray Exposure” Apr 3, 2017, where US20170263337A1 inventors work with Lawrence P. Forsley of Global Energy Corporation (SPAWAR JWK LENR tech). - end note

    2016 NASA Glenn Research Center (LENR tech licensing offer)

    editor note- A search for ‘fusion’ that I did in May of 2016, at the NASA Technology Gateway, yielded this out of Glenn Research Center... “Methods and Apparatus for Enhanced Nuclear Reactions” Reference Number LEW-19366-1. Contact us for information about this technology. NASA Glenn Research Center, Innovation Projects Office [email protected] -end note

    2017 NASA CSU JWK PineSci Vantage Partners OAI; UofAkron (publication)“Investigation of Deuterium Loaded Materials Subject to X-Ray Exposure” Authors: Theresa L. Benyo, Bruce M. Steinetz, Robert C. Hendricks (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center), Richard E. Martin (Cleveland State University), Lawrence P. Forsley (JWK Corporation), Christopher C. Daniels (The University of Akron), Arnon Chait (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center), Vladimir Pines, Marianna Pines (PineSci Consulting), Nicholas Penney (Ohio Aerospace Institute), Tracy R. Kamm, Michael D. Becks (Vantage Partners, LLC) Submitted on 3 Apr 2017 https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.01183

    (editor note) E-Cat QX demo held November, 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden.

    2017 Global Energy Corporation LENR Update (SPAWAR JWK LENR tech)

    Quote:

    Our team of scientists and consultants have solid backgrounds in both technology and business for the development of energy technology. With GEC you get the benefit of experience that’s been acquired year after year, job after job.

    While development of NanoStar and Nanomite is ongoing, GEC initial focus is the product development and commercialization of Small Modular Generators (SMG’s) using Hybrid Fusion technology. GEC is currently negotiating several new SMG construction contracts ranging from 250MWe to 5GWe around the world.

    After 20 years of R&D and product development, GEC has developed a truly safe, clean and secure atomic energy generator through hybrid fusion-fast-fission Technology. These SMG’s are safe (no chain reaction-no melt down), clean (uses nuclear waste/unenriched U as fuel), and secure (no enrichment and no reprocessing).

    2006 - Global Energy Corporation founded

    2011 - Subsidiary GEC Global LLC established for development of conventional power plants

    2012 - BOT signed to develop and build a 50MWe GEC SMG Power Plant on the island of Saipan

    2013 - Patent issued for Technology - end quotes http://www.gec.solutions

    (editor note) GEC holds the 2008 Patent (SPAWAR JWK LENR tech) “A hybrid fusion fast fission reactor” WO2009108331A2; which is the sister patent of the 2007 SPAWAR patent “System and method for generating particles” US8419919B1 which was granted Apr. 16, 2013; assigned to JWK International Corporation and The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy. -end note

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    Quote from Fm1

    The FDA's approval will give people a treatment option "outside of a traditional inpatient hospital setting, including at skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare settings and outpatient facilities such as infusion centers."

    Why no buy a gun and shot yourself?. It at the end could be much less painful....You could also eat elephant bones or bicycle bells with the same effect...


    But with Omicron you should get a beer first and simply calm down...

    My whole point in raising the issue is that hiding the rampant discussion of covid under “Playground” does not discourage the spread of this verbal virus on the website. All it does is make it easy to encounter it unintentionally. If you are going to allow it to continue, stick it in a thread labeled Covid discussion so that only people who want to read it will do so. It’s known as quarantining.

    Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

    In parts per million, what's the percentage of words on LENR Forum dedicated to Covid?


    In visits every day, how many more folks come here to visit the Playground and debate Covid instead of to discuss CMNS?

    The same could be said for people that discuss the clown actions of a famous researcher. Or is it clowns discussing research? Or do we have to search first to find any research ?

    Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

    The current findings open a new path for initiating fusion reactions for further study within the scientific community. However, the reaction rates need to be increased substantially to achieve appreciable power levels, which may be possible utilizing various reaction multiplication methods under consideration,” said Glenn’s Bruce Steinetz, Ph.D., the NASA project principal investigator... 'IEEE Spectrum article 05 Aug 2020 Spacecraft of the Future Could Be Powered By Lattice Confinement Fusion

    Ed note: It's been recommended that I suggest you review th

    Do you really believe that this is the right thread?

    Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

    , lanthanides (e.g., lanthanum, cesium, etc.), actinides (e.g., actinium, thallium, uranium, etc.), ionic hydrides (e.g., lithium, strontium, etc.), covalent hydrides (e.g., gallium, germanium, bismuth, etc.), inter

    lanthanides...erbium at least for NASA and a whole bunch for Wyttenbach &George Sm Gd Tm Ce Pr Dy..Er Eu etc

    seem to be producing interesting results lately...


    but the actinides seem a tad lethal if the heat production is uncontrolled

    Quote from Google Inc. And the U.S. DoE

    (e.g., nanoparticles) that undergo plasmon oscillation when subjected to electromagnetic (EM) radiation, whereby transient high density electron clouds are produced in localized regions of the target structures during each plasmon oscillation cycle. Each target structure includes an integral body composed of an electrically conductive material that contains light element atoms (e.g., metal hydrides, metal deuterides or metal tritides). The integral body is also configured (i.e., shaped/sized) to undergo plasmon oscillations in response to the applied EM radiation such that the transient high density electron clouds are formed during each plasmon oscillation cycle, whereby brief but significantly elevated charge density variations are generated around light element (e.g., deuterium) atoms located in the localized regions,

    Quote from Wyttenbach

    people that discuss the clown actions of a famous researcher. Or is it clowns discussing research?

    I consider a prominent position of the LENR CANR library should include a sense of propriety.


    Millions of words bashing and Covid rehashing. Few to make users proud and new folks to the library enlightened in any way.


    Nothing to concern the Forum, no?


    That's a discussion I will quicken elsewhere when I'm ready to.

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