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…
What we know about MIT nuclear physicist Nuno FG Loureiro
Investigators continue to search for the gunman who shot and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G.…
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…