[neverdem]

The "Article" link at the end of the story is a FReebie.

[circlecity]

"a new type of fission"

New? I'm betting it's been around for billions of years.

[fuente]

Something very fishy about this article. U-235 does NOT asymmetrically fission as evident from the fission decay daughters spectrum, often referred to as the Dolly Parton graph. It s clearly bimodal with respect to periodic number and isotopic mass.

[ryderann]

So...our new mandated light bulbs will be blowing up on us?

[ColoCdn]

Read for later. Thanks.

[Islander7]

Andreyev and his colleagues started with a beam of thallium-180. This mostly decayed by capturing an electron, turning one of its 81 protons into a neutron to form mercury-180, which then performed the...

Well no wonder! This ain't real mercury. It's that cheap Swiss stuff, just a little better quality than the made in China brand.

[coloradan]

Alpha decay is highly asymmetric, but isn’t called fission. Even though it’s a nucleus splitting into two.

[bvw]

I think fishing not fission goin’ on he’ah.

[mikeandike]

They should try the experiment without observing it and see what happens.

[quintr]

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[Iron Munro]

What is the significance of this?

[The Comedian]

Krypton-80's-Hits-by-Jor-El-and-the-Ruthenium-100-Orchestra ping.

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[bunkerhill7]

Airport Repairman carries CFL light bulb thru TSA scanner, blows himself up

[count-your-change]

As my friend Milo Price said, “Sometime things just don’t happen the way you think they will”.

Profound, truly profound.

[avg_freeper]

"A symmetric split should be dominant and we show that it doesn't happen,"

May be they accidentally banked off the rail first.

[zeugma]

This mostly decayed by capturing an electron, turning one of its 81 protons into a neutron to form mercury-180,This mostly decayed by capturing an electron, turning one of its 81 protons into a neutron to form mercury-180,

Uh, I don't think that's really how it works. From what I recall, you don't "add" an electron to a proton to get neutron. Am I mis-remembering things, or is the reporter as stupid as he sounds?

[Free Vulcan]

The real question here is can we use it to kill muzzies?

[Kevmo]

My way of bumping for later

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The future of nuclear is cold fusion.

How I Made Money from Cold Fusion
Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:28:49 PM · by Kevmo · 28 replies · 1,013+ views
Exclusive Article for Free Republic | 1/23/10 | Kevmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2435697/posts

Re-Analysis of the Marinov Light-Speed Anisotropy Experiment
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270920/posts
Friday, June 12, 2009 11:25:41 PM · by Kevmo · 27 replies · 1,027+ views
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0612/0612201v2.pdf ^ | Reginald T. Cahill

The Suppression of Inconvenient Facts in Physics
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266921/posts
Sunday, June 07, 2009 7:50:26 PM · by Kevmo · 78 replies · 1,626+ views Suppressed Science.Net ^ | 12/06/08 | http://www.suppressedscience.net/

The End of Snide Remarks Against Cold Fusion
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265914/posts
Friday, June 05, 2009 5:56:08 PM · by Kevmo · 95 replies · 1,770+ views
Free Republic, Gravitronics.net and Intrade ^ | 6/5/09 | kevmo, et al

‘Cold Fusion’ Rebirth? New Evidence For Existence Of Controversial Energy Source
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212864/posts
Monday, March 23, 2009 12:42:14 PM · by FlameThrower · 35 replies · 1,586+ views
Science Daily ^ | Mar. 23, 2009 | American Chemical Society

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[neverdem]

Pattern of drinking affects the relation of alcohol intake to coronary heart disease

Obesity Surgery May Become Option for Many More

The Curious Case of the Backwardly Aging Mouse

Study reveals new possibility of reversing damage caused by MS

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[Condor51]

They assumed that outcome would be particularly favoured because 40 and 50 are magic numbers for which shells would be exactly filled. ... But the mercury dealt a surprise, splitting instead into ruthenium-100 and krypton-80.

Hey buttheads, never assume.

(Sheesh. And they brainiacs are getting paid big bucks? I want a refund.)