World’s largest operating tokamak restarts with 8-meter coils upgrade
European and Japanese teams have begun the integrated commissioning of the JT-60SA tokamak to test its systems before…
Fusion Breakthrough? Magnetizing Plasmas with High-Powered Lasers Paves the Way Toward “Direct Drive” Fusion
Promising new fusion research is revealing how plasma can spontaneously generate its magnetic field, in a fundamental breakthrough…
Mega lasers: powering up lasers by orders of magnitude
A team of physicists have demonstrated for the first time a new way to dramatically boost the intensity…
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…
Australian researchers innovate with peppermint oil coating to fight infections in medical devices
Share Tweet Share Share Email Pictured: Dr Andrew Hayles, Professor Vasilev and PhD candidate, Trong Quan Luu Australian…
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…
Scientists are finally discovering why many satellites frequently fail
An image showing a Russian satellite orbiting the Earth. (Image source: WikiImages – Pixabay) Scientists have just solved…
Voyager 2’s journey into interstellar space raises more questions than answers!
Voyager 2 continues to travel at over 55,000 kilometres per hour, moving deeper into interstellar space. Its power…