sci.physics.electromag

Shown below is the text of a news release that I just received.


Hamilton, Ontario - September 24, 2007 (Note - this is a pre-release copy)

McMaster research engineer Professor Natalia Nikolova, and her husband
Robert Zimmerman, have verified the existence of a new type of radio wave
called the Vector Potential Wave. This wave was first predicted in 1880 by
British mathematician James Clerk Maxwell, but had never been directly
detected until this summer here on McMaster campus in the Communications
Research Lab. Dr. Nikolova comments, "One of the most enigmatic predictions
of Maxwell was his concept of the magnetic vector potential. Until recently,
most engineers believed it was only a mathematical concept with no physical
reality. Now, more than 125 years later, we have realized a magnetic vector
potential detector which allows measuring the wave at any distance from a
microwave antenna".

Nikolova and her husband have been working on this development nearly 2
years. Zimmerman feels that the new discovery will ultimately lead to radio
and television transmissions which do not require energy. On a more
fundamental level, he added, "Maxwell was correct all along".

The novelty of the discovery is that while the transmission requires very
little energy, the reception of the wave requires that an active battery
operated receiver be used. This is distinct from usual AM radio
transmissions, where much energy is radiated by the transmitter, and the
receiver can be a 'crystal set' with no battery.

The detector developed by the research team is a plasma device looking like
a fluorescent tube which displays super-conducting properties for radio
signals. Nikolova is quick to add, "The device is at room temperature but
acts like a superconductor, as predicted by Fritz London in 1930".

Nikolova and Zimmerman plan on submitting their results this week to the
research journal THE PHYSICAL REVIEW of the American Physical Society. >

It sounds to me like they are attempting to use a variant of the
Aharanov-Bohm effect for communication. I'm not familiar with Fritz London's
1930 work.

Comments?

Bill