>>Hi Hilmar,
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>>Been reading Scientific American ;-) ? Try this. Also try a search there for black holes - more than you ever wanted to know!
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>No, I haven't been reading sciam.com - only CNN and news.google.com. Thanks for the link - it may be worthwhile to get the latest information of several scientific discoveries.
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Someone gave me a gift subscription 2 years ago - now I am hooked. The only downside to sciam.com is that they charge to download PDF's of their articles - even if you are a subscriber :-(

>For instance, ca. 15 years ago there was a lot of excitement about both cold fusion (particle physics; not the computer software!) and superconductivity at (almost-) room temperature. But I don't know what the current status is.
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>Hilmar.

There have been a number of recent articles on superconductivity, research seems to be proceeding rapidly. Cold fusion seems to have fallen out of favor <s>. You might try a search there for any recent activity. Have fun.