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5. NEW ENERGY

Louat, Norman. “Unbounded Vortical Chimney.” International Patent Application PCT/AU99/00037.

Michaud, Louis. “Atmospheric Vortex Engine.” U.S. Patent US 7,086,823.

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Staedter, Tracy. “Fake Tornado Gives Energy New Twist.” Discovery News, November 9, 2005.

Schirber, Michael. “How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future.” LiveScience, June 25, 2008. www.livescience.com/environment/080625-pf-vortex-engine.html.

Boyle, Alan. “PG&E Makes Deal for Space Solar Power: Utility to Buy Orbit-Generated Electricity from Solaren in 2016, At No Risk.” MSNBC science, April 13, 2009. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30198977/.

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Schirber, Michael. “For Nuclear Fusion, Could Two Lasers Be Better Than One?” Science 9, vol. 310, no. 5754 (December 2005): 1610–1611.

Dunne, Mike. “A High-Power Laser Fusion Facility for Europe.” Nature Physics 2 (2006): 2–5.

Nuckolls, John, et al. “Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications.” Nature 239, issue 5386 (1972): 139–142.

6. SUPERVOLCANO

Timmreck, C., and H. F. Graf. “The Initial Dispersal and Radiative Forcing of a Northern Hemisphere Mid- latitude Super Volcano: A Model Study.” Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 6 (2006): 35–49.

Wignall, P. B., Y. Sun, D. P. Bond, G. Izon, R. J. Newton, S. Vedrine, M. Widdowson, J. R. Ali, X. Lai, H. Jiang, H. Cope, and S. H. Bottrell. “Volcanism, Mass Extinction, and Carbon Isotope Fluctuations in the Middle Permian of China.” Science 324, 5931 (May 2009): 1179–1182.

Bindeman, Ilya N. “The Secrets of Supervolcanoes: Microscopic Crystals of Volcanic Ash Are Revealing Surprising Clues about the World’s Most Devastating Eruptions.” Scientific American, June 2006.

7. MEGATSUNAMI

Pararas-Carayannis, George. “Evaluation of the Threat of Mega Tsunami Generation from Postulated Massive Slope Failures of Island Volcanoes on La Palma, Canary Islands, and on the Island of Hawaii.” Science of Tsunami Hazards 20, no. 5 (2002): 251–277.

Mader, Charles L. “Modeling the 1958 Lituya Bay Mega-Tsunami.” Science of Tsunami Hazards 17 no. 1 (1999): 57–67.

Ward, Steven N., and Simon Day. “Cumbre Vieja Volcano—Potential Collapse and Tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands.” Geophysical Research Letters 28, issue 17 (January 2001): 3397– 3400.

Miller, Don J. “Giant Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska: A Timely Account of the Nature and Possible Causes of Certain Giant Waves, with Eyewitness Reports of Their Destructive Capacity.” Geological Survey Professional Paper 354-C, pp. 51–86. United States Government Printing Office, 1960.

8. HYPERCANE

Leahy, Stephen. “The Dawn of the Hypercane?” Inter Press Service, September 16, 2005.

Hecht, Jeff. “Did Storms Land the Dinosaurs in Hot Water?” New Scientist 1963 (Feb. 4, 1995).

Emanuel, Kerry A., Kevin Speer, Richard Rotunno, Ramesh Srivastava, and Mario Molina. “Hypercanes: A Possible Link to Global Extinction Scenarios.” Journal of Geophysical Research 100(D7): 13,755–13,765.

9. GREEN GOO

“Dead on Target: Nanoparticle Seeks Out and Binds with Cancer Cells.” ScienceDaily, June 24, 2007.

Freitas, Robert A., Jr. “Exploratory Design in Medical Nanotechnology: A Mechanical Artificial Red Cell.” Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Immobil. Biotech 26 (1998): 411–430.

10. GRAY GOO

Watson, B., J. Friend, and L. Yeo. “Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Resonant Motor with Stator Diameter Less Than 250 um: The Proteus Motor.” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 19 (January 2009).

Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. “Thirty Essential Studies in Nanotechnology.” www.crnano.org/studies.htm.

Huyghe, Patrick. “3 Ideas That Are Pushing the Edge of Science.” Discover magazine, June 2008.

Phoenix, Chris, and Eric Drexler. “Safe Exponential Manufacturing.” Nanotechnology 15 (2004): 869–872.

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11. NANOLITTER