From compact fusion to advanced EM conversion and zero-point explorations, this category tracks power systems for breakthrough propulsion. Find explainers, lab updates, design tradeoffs, and engineering roadmaps aimed at delivering high power density with credible measurements and safety in mind.
Can We Harness Zero-Point Energy? Inside Thorsten Ludwig’s Casimir Research
Can we turn the energy of empty space into electricity? For physicist Dr. Thorsten Ludwig, that question starts with a sphere just 200 micrometers across, a flexible cantilever, and a laser that reveals movements too…
Engineering the Quantum Vacuum: 47 Casimir Devices and Concepts
Can an interaction across an apparently empty gap become the working part of a machine? Casimir research has moved beyond measuring tiny attractions to controlling mechanical motion, assembling optical structures, and…
Zero-Point Energy Harvesting and Casimir-Effect Spheres
In his APEC presentation, physicist Dr. Thorsten Ludwig examines the emerging frontier of zero-point energy harvesting through the experimental world of Casimir-effect spheres, precision force measurement, and…
From Ripples to Rectifiers: A Guide To Graphene Energy Harvesters
Graphene energy harvesters explore the possibility that suspended graphene can turn thermal motion into measurable current. Over roughly the last decade, researchers have moved from simply observing that freestanding…
Can Zero-Bias Diodes Harness Zero-Point Energy?
If a common zero-bias diode can act as a one-way gate for electricity, could an array of them convert zero-point energy fluctuations into a flow of power? In Dr. Tom Valone’s telling, the idea opens a provocative…
Can We Harvest Neutrino Energy? Neutrinovoltaic Claims Explained
Neutrino® Energy Group is selling a seductive idea: electricity pulled from the background hum of the universe. Their “neutrinovoltaic” materials don’t try to trap neutrinos the way a solar cell traps photons; instead,…
A Nuclear Battery With a Throttle: The Case for Stimulated Beta Decay
What if nuclear half-life were adjustable? That’s the compelling premise behind the Betavoltaic nuclear battery: take a beta-emitting isotope that would normally deliver only a tiny, steady trickle for geological…
Plasma Vortex Fusion? The PlasmaVolt Power and LENR Claims
Inside a transparent tube, hydrogen is driven into a spinning plasma filament—a self-compressing vortex that, according to its advocates, does more than glow: it makes steady power, and leaves behind rare isotopes as…
Advanced Propulsion & Zero-Point Energy at the UnLAB
Charles Chase, director of the UnLAB, talks about the Casimir effect, zero-point energy, and explores the potential for energy generation and propulsion from vacuum fluctuations. Chase discusses Wolfram's new physics…
Semiconductor Space Drives
Warp Drive On A Chip? Former Lockheed Skunk Works RevTech Program head Charles Chase discusses diode-based propellantless space drives, ZPE generators, nanotech machining & antimatter shielding at the UnLAB, a…