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6 theories and 2 videos tagged with this topic.
Theories (6)
Academic Establishment Protectionism
Suggests that academic institutions suppress discoveries that challenge established paradigms to protect status funding and avoid being proven wrong
Alpha Particles Alfven Waves
Energetic fusion-born alpha particles critical keep plasma hot self-sustained alfven waves resonation alpha transport away plasma core
Authority Bias in Scientific Review
Proposes that scientists and engineers refuse to examine evidence that contradicts established beliefs even when offered demonstrations
Cold Fusion Suppression Theory
Proposes that cold fusion research was systematically suppressed by government agencies and academic institutions to protect hot fusion funding and avoid admitting errors
Magnetic Reconnection Plasmoids
Magnetic reconnection solar flares magnetic substorms plasmoids energy stored magnetic field channeled particle acceleration heating
Plasma Acts Like Liquid Dense Enough
Plasma acts like liquid when dense enough magnetohydrodynamics hydrodynamics Lawrence force pressure gradient viscosity momentum equation
Videos (2)
Why Plasma Acts More Like a Liquid Than a Gas
This video explains why plasma acts more like a liquid than a gas in physics. Plasma physics is pre-relativistic and pre-quantum relying on Maxwell Boltzmann equations which creates enormous complexity. The key to fusion success is controlling and understanding nonlinear plasma dynamics. Plasma particle trajectories become extremely complex even with simple prescribed magnetic fields. Plasma acts like a liquid when dense enough leading to magnetohydrodynamics. Magnetic reconnection is ubiquitous in nature solar flares magnetic substorms and creates plasmoids. Confinement and transport in fusion plasmas is impaired by turbulence and macroscopic instabilities. Energetic fusion-born alpha particles are critical to keep plasma hot and self-sustained.
How Cold Fusion Was Suppressed
This video examines the suppression of cold fusion research centering on Eugene Malov whistleblowing about the 1989 coverup and his mysterious death in 2004 badged to neighbors. The narrative describes how Pons and Fleischmann discovered cold fusion then went directly to media bypassing peer review prompting worldwide replications over 60 labs showing excess heat. The Department of Energy responded by creating tribunals using top physics experts to debunk the successful replications lab by lab. MIT assisted by altering data showing excess heat through statistical manipulation making results appear negative because the signal level had been utterly changed. The presenter argues academic physicists suppressed cold fusion to protect their status funding and avoid being catastrophically wrong about their life work.