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…
Scientists Figure Out How to Use Ultrasound to Bend Electricity Around Solid Objects
Credit: Josu Irisarri. When high-voltage electricity breaks out in open air, it rips through the atmosphere, forming chaotic,…
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…
How W7-X achieves steady plasma
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the largest and most advanced stellarator in the world, and on its tenth…
World’s largest fusion device solves key plasma heat loss challenge
For decades, physicists have been puzzled by a phenomenon inside fusion reactors that defies conventional theory: heat escaping…
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…
New state of matter found by US scientists
Researchers at Rutgers University in the US have found a new quantum state where matter can exist. Dubbed…
US shakes up fusion research with 180,000°F super-hot plasma test
Researchers in the US have revealed that heat does not flow as expected between different materials when they…
Laser-plasma accelerator breakthrough achieves 100 shots per second
Scientists at DESY (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron) have moved closer toward developing compact, powerful particle accelerators. They have successfully used…