After a bit of a hiatus, we’re making good progress on the reactor! We recently replaced the cathode and feedthrough with a titanium surgical rod and a titanium bicycle stem spacer. Alumina tubing at this size is extraordinarily expensive, so we repurposed TIG welding nozzles for the shielding. I’m quite impressed with the results, but the new materials have added […]
Author: bkvo
How to install Ubuntu Linux and run Jupyter Notebook on Windows 11 (with CUDA!)
Dual-booting Windows 10/11 and Ubuntu is still the preferred method for power users, but for regular folk like me I think using the new WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is totally serviceable. It makes it so much easier to multi-task since you can operate within both ecosystems at the same time. I tried a number of different methods to get […]
How to do scientific research like a scientist.
When a scientist makes a discovery or completes an experiment, they communicate their results by publishing a paper in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. This peer-review process can be quite challenging, involving months of back-and-forth editing, new analyses, and potentially rejection. These peer reviewers are usually experts in the same field as the author, and provide critical feedback to improve the […]