Fusion breakthrough uses inverted D plasma to solve key energy challenge
Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility are investigating a different approach to tokamak operation that has yielded…
Scientists Taught AI to Predict Nuclear Fusion Success—and It’s Actually Working
AI is giving a huge efficiency boost to one of the biggest nuclear fusion facilities in the world—but…
Magnetic secrets of plasma revealed for stable nuclear fusion reactor
Researchers from South Korea have provided experimental proof of ‘multi-scale coupling’ in plasma. The study demonstrates how microscopic…
Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers, Accidentally Disprove Renowned Physics Model
Scientists equipped with giant lasers have blown up gold at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, heating it to 14…
Experimental Propulsion Tech Could Reach Mysterious Planet Beyond Pluto in 10 Years
On November 14, 2003, astronomers spotted what was at the time the most distant known object orbiting the…
US researchers solve tokamak plasma mystery with elusive ‘voids’ discovery
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have published a new theoretical model that offers a potential…
Proxima Fusion joins the club of well-funded nuclear contenders with €130M Series A
Commercial nuclear fusion power isn’t a reality yet. But venture capital is flowing into startups that promise that…
First-ever liquid carbon created with lasers to boost fusion research
A team of scientists, led by the University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), has successfully created…
Revolutionary new rocket could reach Mars in just 4 months
Getting to Mars has always been a game of patience. With current propulsion technology, even the fastest missions…
How stars die: White dwarfs, neutron stars and supernovae | Technology News
The stars in the sky seem to shine forever, but they too are subject to lifespans determined by…