Chapter 3 Scientific Research Theses 1) The Effect of Qi on the Half-life of Radioactive Isotope Am-241* Lu, Z.Y. Zhang, T.B., Wang, H.D., Zhu, R-S., Yan, X. Abstract As a fundamental fact of nuclear physics, the half-life of any radioactive isotope cannot be affected by any physical factors in general. Thus it is very interesting to observe whether it can be affected by Qi. In our experiment, an a radioactive source Am-241 (half-life 458 years) of strength 2pC was used as the test sample. Am-241 emits an @ particle and transforms to Np-237, the latter emits a Y photon in 6 x 10° seconds. During the transform, y photons of energy 59.6 keV are detected by a high purity germanium detector then registered by an on-line 8000 channel buffer. This spectrometer system is very stable; the gain drift is less than 0.06% in 24 hours. In this experiment, we used two Am-241 sources which have almost the same strength, 2nC. One (source A) was used for accepting Qi emitted by Dr. Yan, another as the control measure (source B). The source A was put on a table in a room which is 10 meters away from the lab, Dr. Yan emitted Qi towards the source for 20 minutes, then the source was sent back to the lab and measured. Since September, 1987, we have done the similar experiment 6 times, Dr. Yan has emitted Qi 40 times. We got obvious and surprising results, especially with the data of the third experiment. In that experiment Dr. Yan emitted Qi towards the test source 5 102 times. The decay-counting rate dropped after each time, the first drop was about 1.05%. Since the system error, including 0.1% of the estimate error from counting 1 million times, the result is of high confidence. The decay-counting rate of source B did change9 during the experiment (see Fig.1). 3 We measured source A after each testing day. The result indicated that the decay-counting rate of source A returned to it@ previous rate in, at most, 11 days (see Fig.2). ° When Dr. Yan emitted Qi in other cities, one about 2,008 kilometers away from the lab, the change of the decay-countingS rate was tremendous, about 10%. f£ We could not say that the Qi had changed the decay co rate of radioactive isotope Am-241, so we designed anoth experiment, in which we used another high purity germaniure detector to test the y photon strength from the back of source Aw If the nuclear decay rate changed, then the rate detected in fron? of the source and in back of the source should be increasing oO decreasing at a certain proportion. The results did not have & simple proportion relation, but did show that the y photon hat different characteristics in different directions, similar to © polarized radioactive source. N It is necessary to do more research on this abnormé2 phenomenon. The decay rate of a radioactive element can not Ls changed by physical and chemical factors in general. In this experiment, there were no other factors which could change the decay rate. One extra condition was that Dr. Yan emitted Qi from a distance of about 2,000 kilometers. ”) When Dr. Yan emitted Qi from a short distance, the largest change was 1.35%, but when Dr. Yan emitted Qi 2,000 km away the change was as high as 10%. r Published in the Nature Journal, 11, 809, Nov., 1988. Approved Fo 103
2R000300430003-5 Count (xiv Count (x106) Time (hr) t test group (Source A) } control group (Source B) Qi emitted 12 14 16 18 20 1 3 5 Time (hr) + test group (Source A) } contro! group (Source B) Fig. 2. 104 Qi emitted 5 2) The Effect of Qi on the Polarized Plane of a Laser Beam Yan, X., Lu, Z.Y., Yan, S.X., Li, S.P. Abstract 00792R000300430003 The aim of this experiment was to observe the effect of Qi ono the orientation of the polarized plane of a laser beam emitted. from an inner cavity He-Ne laser. rd The experimental setup is shown in Fig.1. A plane of glasg; was placed 20 cm away from the laser. The angle between thé) normal of the glass plane and the laser beam was set equal to the - Brewster angle of the glass (approx. 57°). At this angle only thés component of the beam which was perpendicular to the groung> (Ip) could be reflected by the glass. The reflected beam wad accepted by a Si photocell. The photocurrent was recorded by af autobalancing recorder. N Another Si photocurrent was placed 10 cm away from the ends of the laser tube to monitor the stability of the output intensity of the laser. ® Let the angle between the polarized plane of the laser beam_ and the ground be 6, when the polarized plane rotates through aye R angle A® under the action of Qi, the change of Ip is then 3 > Alp = 2 I Sin@Cos0A8, c roy where I is the beam intensity. From Alp, AO can be deduced. & During the time of experiment, nobody was allowed in 105
the lab. The door of the lab was locked, and the apparatus worked automatically. From Dec. 1986 to Jan. 1987, two sets of experiments were done. In the first set, Dr. Yan emitted Qi 7 km away from the laser lab, and the second set 2,000km away. Three apparent results were obtained in the 7 km Qi emission experiment. Fig.2 shows an example. During the 55 minute Qi emission, the originally stable Ip showed fluctuations 10 times. The fluctuation stopped when Dr. Yan stopped emitting Qi. Two apparent results were obtained in the 2,000 km Qi emission experiment. Fig.3 shows an example. Significant fluctuation appeared after 20 minutes of Qi emission. The fluctuation was modified by a series of ripples which we had never before seen in any laser experiment. This new phenomenon can not be explained by any reasons other than the effect of Qi. These experiments gave evidence that the orientation of the polarized plane of the laser beam emitted from a inner cavity He-Ne laser, and hence the state of the laser, can be affected by Qi emitted from a long distance. It must be mentioned that these were the first experiments in Qigong scientific research with remote Qi emission. * Pyblished in the Nature Journal, Aug., 1988. 106 | A re eR RE Ie eae A ae Fig.l. Si Battery He-Ne Laser Laser tube (98°-A) Glass Si Battery 107 Relative Light Strength ss 83 88 & 6+00 & a a t ‘ 0 Time (min) stort emkting 98 sep rmkiing Qi Fig.2. 5 4 3 P 3 eB Approved For Release 2001/0
3) The Effects of Qi on Biomolecules Yan, X., Lu, Z.Y. ; Abstract Three experiments were done to study the effects of Qi on biomolecules. 1. The Raman spectroscopy studies of tap water, saline and glucose solution. Giant peak ranges from 1000 cm’ to 3000 cm’ with maximum at 1970 cr! were observed in the Raman spectrum of tap water after the Qi treatment. The water treated by Qi is called the information water in Qigong theory. The characteristic peak of saline treated by Qi water shifted from 246 cm to 233 cm’ or disappeared, and retained the new characteristic at least 2 days. The peaks at 710 cm? and 1240 cm” in the Raman spectrum of glucose solution disappear after the treatment of Qi but the peak at 2900 cm’ is enhanced significantly and retains the new characteristic at least 2 days. These experimental results showed that all the samples underwent some structure changes after being treated by Qi. 2. The phase behavior of liposomes. Differential scanning calorimetric technique (DSC) was used 108 for measuring the phase behavior of DPPC (dipalmitoy] phosphatidic choline) liposomes after they were treated by Qi. The measurement showed a significant endothermic drop at 46- 48°C besides the original phase transition at 41.5°C. 30003-5 3. The hyperchromatic effect of Qi on DNA and RNA. + The ultra-violet absorption curve of DNA from bovine thymuS has a characteristic peak at 157 nm. It was observed that th absorption increased to 2.3% to 4.3% just after the DNA sample was treated by Qi and 45 minutes later. x A second Qi treatment to the DNA sample was given. Just» after the Qi treatment, no change in absorption was observed, bub _ effect after the Qi treatment. _ *Published in the Nature Journal, PRC it had increased to 12% 9 hours and 10 minutes later. © The sample of yeast RNA showed a similar hyperchromati@> RD Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA 109
4) The Effects and Posteffects of Qi on the Perfume components of-a Flower Extract Yan, X, Lu, Z.Y., Wang, Y.H. Abstract 1. Some Qigong masters can change the smell and taste of wine and tea by treating them with Qi. To verify this phenomenon, a gas chromatometer was used to analyze the perfume components of a flower extract before and after Qi treatment. The Qi was emitted by the famous Qigong master Dr. Xin Yan from Hongkong, but the sample and the chromatometer are in Beijing. After Dr.Yan emitted Qi from Hongkong towards the sample in the lab in Beijing, it was found that the peak at Tr.=1.358 disappeared and a new peak appeared at Tr.=8.643 in the chromatogram. But for a second sample treated with Qi on the next day, the height of the peak at Tr.=1.358 changed to 20 times higher than that before the Qi treatment. It is obvious that the perfume components of the flower extract were actually changed by Qi. 2. Some Qigong masters believe that the effects of Qi can be long-term. To examine this, we followed the change of the chromatogram of two samples for 163 days and three samples for 194 days. It was found that the height of the peak at Tr.=3.517 (peak No.3) greatly decreased after Qi treatment, it continuously decreased for several days and 110 finally the whole peak vanished. Qi kept affecting these samples after it was emitted. The vanished peak, no.3, which did not reappear, indicates that the structure changes of the perfume components did not recover in the test period. *Pyblished in the Nature Journal, PRC 5) A Method for Qi-field Detection Yan, X., Wang, Y.L., Lu, Z.Y. Abstract Recently, several Qigong masters asserted that there exists a Qi-field among the Qigong amateurs when they practice Qigong or listen to lectures given by a Qigong master. Hence, detecting the Qi-field by modern scientific means is of interest. On Oct.8, 1987, the most famous Qigong master, Dr. Xin Yan, was giving a lecture about Qigong. One of the authors, Dr. Yaolan Wang, carried 4 pieces of LiF hermoluminesence detector(TLD), a kind of radiation dosimeter, to try to detect the Qi-field. To our great surprise, the LiF TLD gave very strong responses to Dr. Yan’s Qi-field. 111 -RDP96-00792R000300430003-5 Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA