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,…
Astronomer Deciphers Crab Pulsar’s Zebra Stripes
New research from the University of Kansas untangles a decades-old astrophysical puzzle, showing how competing forces — gravity’s…
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…
Researchers show the universe’s primordial ‘soup’ was surprisingly viscous
When the universe first came into existence 13.8 billion years ago, there were no stars, planets, or even…
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…
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…
Water-based plasma forges novel alloy to turn COâ‚‚ into useful chemicals
A new water-based plasma technique is opening fresh possibilities for carbon conversion. Chinese researchers have created stable high-entropy…
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…