New compact laser-plasma accelerator tech could boost fusion reactors
Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich have confirmed “for the first time worldwide” that the…
US fusion breakthrough cracks decades-old heat load mystery in tokamaks
New research at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has indicated that the rotation of the plasma core…
Half-ton magnet aces world-first 1.8 million°F fusion plasma confinement
A 0.5-tonne superconducting magnet recently hovered silently inside a 5-meter-wide vacuum chamber, which marked a major milestone for…
US team’s fusion plasma heat control method to protect tokamak walls
Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have identified a new method to tame the destructive energy bursts…
Billion-times more efficient fusion unlocked with low-frequency laser
A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature requirements for controlled nuclear…
Meta makes nuclear reactor history with 6.6 GW energy deal to power AI
Meta has officially become one of the largest corporate purchasers of nuclear energy in American history. The tech…
Smartphones and computers could get a big boost in performance, thanks to an accidental discovery
An illustrative image showing a chip with a high clock speed (Image source: AI-generated image) While researching a…
Scientists chase reactor neutrinos to crack the dark matter mystery
In a bid to spot the elusive fundamental particle, the neutrino, a team of researchers from various universities…