Nuke your way to the stars

Article Abstract:

The problem with most space propulsion systems is a lack of available energy. One possible solution is to use a nuclear salt water rocket. The main drawback with the nuclear salt water rocket is that it vents radioactive nuclear fission products directly into space.

Usage, Innovations, Space flight, Space vehicles, Spacecraft engines, Nuclear propulsion

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Harnessing the butterfly: the steering of chaos

Article Abstract:

Theoretically, chaos can be removed, reduced or steered by introducing periodic perturbations of a carefully chosen frequency. Theoretically, this chaos theory could be used to effect stock trading on Wall Street.

Research, Chaos theory, Chaotic systems, Mechanical engineering, Perturbation (Mathematics)

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Decoding the ribosome

Article Abstract:

The progress that scientists have made on mapping the ribosome, the biological mechanism for assembling a protein, is discussed, Possible applications of ribosome research to nanotechnology are suggested.

Proteins, Protein synthesis, Ribosomes, Molecular structure

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