Scientists Just Took a Giant Step Toward Scaling Up Nuclear Fusion
A team of researchers at MIT think they may have lowered one of the major barriers to achieving…
A Nuclear Donut Broke a Fusion Record While Chasing the Ultimate Prize: Unlimited Energy
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A nuclear fusion reactor in Germany has reached world…
Physicists Smash Record With Magnetic Field 700,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s
Under the right conditions, superconducting magnets allow electricity to flow essentially undisturbed, producing intense magnetic fields for a…
Chinese physicists produce most powerful stable magnetic field on Earth
An all-superconducting magnet built by Chinese scientists has generated a world-record steady magnetic field of 35.1 tesla, about…
Scientists make incredible breakthrough after aiming powerful lasers at diamond: ‘An inherently brittle material’
For the first time, researchers at the University of California San Diego witnessed diamond capsules undergo shock-induced amorphization,…
‘A potential innovative design path’
Experiments at San Diego’s DIII-D National Fusion Facility have demonstrated that a new plasma configuration could help increase…
Scientists use custom-built ‘Thunderbird’ device to make game-changing energy breakthrough: ‘Holy grail’
Scientists at the University of British Columbia (UBC) have made a breakthrough that could help bring nuclear fusion…