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…
Giant X-Rays Deliver the Sharpest View Yet of Fusion Plasma Gone Haywire
Giant X-ray lasers do a lot for physics. These powerful instruments can probe the interiors of tiny molecules,…
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…
China’s “Artificial Sun” Just Smashed a Key Fusion Barrier and Physics May Never Be the Same
As the world’s first superconducting tokamak, EAST（Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak）has three distinctive features: non-circular cross-section, fully superconducting magnets…
China’s ‘artificial sun’ experiment finds way to break fusion plasma density limit
HEFEI — Researchers have identified a method to surpass the plasma density limit in experiments with the Experimental…
Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors
The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t…
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…
US lab reveals secrets to nuclear fusion fuel target survival
Work performed at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has unlocked new data on the design…
Helium-3 Could Be the Most Valuable Resource in Space and Nations Are Now Racing to Mine It on the Moon
Lovell City Moon base as imagined in the TV Series The Expanse. Credit: The Expanse The Moon is…
‘Only possible through countless discussions and debates’
Researchers in Korea have made a massive discovery that could change the way we approach nuclear fusion and…
Ever Wondered What Nuclear Fusion Looks Like? We Have Pics
Nuclear fusion may always be ten years away, but the technological breakthroughs aiming to get us there are…