US nuclear fusion reactor to test custom exhaust to tame plasma heat
Scientists developing nuclear fusion have launched a new initiative to solve one of the most stubborn engineering puzzles…
General Fusion hits world-first 1 keV milestone with plasma squeeze
Scientists have superheated a trapped plasma to more than 12 million degrees Celsius (21.6 million degrees Fahrenheit). This…
18-detector system hunts elusive neutrinos from nuclear reactor
MIT researchers working on an international neutrino experiment have expanded its detector setup from two devices to 18…
US military space reactor nears orbit after 60 years in $161M deal
The US has not operated a nuclear reactor in space since 1965. Antares now wants to change that…
Nuclear reactor simulations advance with new quantum transport method
Physicists modeling nuclear systems have long faced a basic computing problem: particles do not move through neat, uniform…
-405°F superconducting fusion magnet aces 40 kA electric current test
A newly published peer-reviewed study has verified a high-temperature superconducting magnet design developed by Helical Fusion. The paper…
What is the breakthrough in China’s artificial sun project? A 6.5 Tesla magnet
New Delhi: China’s superconducting magnets have passed key tests at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of…
Low-energy nuclear fusion rates boosted inside host metals in US tests
Scientists at UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered that surrounding materials can dramatically increase how…
US lab untangles fusion plasma mystery to protect reactor heat flow
Designing predictable nuclear fusion reactors requires highly accurate computer models, yet existing simulations often overlook a chaotic variable:…
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…
New compact laser-plasma accelerator tech could boost fusion reactors
Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich have confirmed “for the first time worldwide” that the…
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…