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…
US firm validates safe disposal of radioactive waste with borehole tech
A Washington-based company has successfully validated its borehole technology for safe disposal of high-level radioactive waste from advanced…
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…
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…
DOE and NASA renew push to build US nuclear reactor on moon by 2030
NASA and the US Department of Energy (DOE) have finalized an agreement to research and develop a fission…
Smartphones and computers could get a big boost in performance, thanks to an accidental discovery
An illustrative image showing a chip with a high clock speed (Image source: AI-generated image) While researching a…
UK’s Rolls-Royce taps small nuclear reactors to fuel AI boom
Multinational aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce has set its sights on becoming the UK’s most valuable company. Chief…
Why on Earth would NASA build a nuclear reactor on the Moon?
“Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon” is not a headline I imagined reading before last week.…