Tag: electromagnetic pulse
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Breakthrough Stores Bit Of Information On Single Molecule
from huffingtonpost.co.uk: How big is a bit? Currently one bit of digital memory is ‘made’ of about 3 million atoms. But thanks to researchers in Germany and Japan, that could be able to get a whole lot smaller. Their tests have shrunk one bit of memory to the site of a single molecule – which…
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earth’s magnetic fields cause of bird & fish die off
The Earth’s magnetic fields are surfacing in the press as an explanation for several recent mass bird and fish die-offs! Donna Pravel writes in, “Earth’s Magnetic Fields May Be Causing Bird and Fish Die-Off”, about massive breaches detected in the magnetosphere by five NASA Themis spacecraft. Breaches allow highly charged particles to enter and can…
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the emp threat
“EMP Threat: fact, fiction and response”, an article by Yousaf Butt at The Space Review, examines the threat of a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse. The present writer finds, in recent years, attention to this issue noteworthy. “Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagntic Pulse (EMP) Attack”, published in 2004,…
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starfish prime
Starfish Prime was a series of high altitude nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean, conducted by military from Johnston Island. On July 9, 1962, a hydrogen bomb lifted 250 miles into space atop a Thor rocket detonated, causing an unprecedented auroral light display. In Honolulu, several hundred miles away, “when the bomb burst, people told…