by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 25, 2026 | Physics
Small Modular Reactors for Data Centers: Where Things Actually Stand Oct 25, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Small modular reactors crossed an important line in the summer of 2026: they moved from paper to physics. Four privately built American reactors went critical...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 24, 2026 | Physics
Molten Salt Thorium Reactors: A Technical Assessment And whether they can power waterless data centers in remote places Dr. Thomas Lee Abshier, ND — 23 October 2026 1. Why this analysis Thorium molten salt reactors have become a popular answer to two problems at once:...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 23, 2026 | Physics
Fusion Gold: The Physics Behind the Mercury-to-Gold Claim Oct 23, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND On 21 October 2026, Marathon Fusion, a San Francisco fusion-fuel startup, announced that in September it had turned mercury into real, stable gold at ten times the rate...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 20, 2026 | Physics
Stripped Atoms and the Size of the Nucleus How highly charged ions settled one rare-earth puzzle and uncovered another Oct 20, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The news and what it actually says A recent news summary announced that “highly charged ion spectroscopy...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 16, 2026 | Physics
The First Green Star: Why Some White Dwarfs Are Not White Oct 16, 2026 · @Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Astronomers at the University of Warwick, led by Mark Hollands, have calculated the true colors of 151 nearby white dwarfs and several unusual ones farther out. Most look...
by Thomas Lee Abshier | Oct 13, 2026 | Physics
Bethe Strings: A 1931 Prediction Captured in an Ultracold Gas Thomas Lee Abshier, ND · October 13, 2026 A Bound State Without a Bond Ordinary matter is held together by attraction that pulls particles into a low-energy arrangement and keeps them there. A molecule is...
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