Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully used the world’s most powerful laser to simulate and study pressure-driven ionization, a process vital to understanding the…
MIT students are part of the large team that achieved fusion ignition for the first time in a laboratory. Researchers around the world have been…
LLNL’s National Ignition Facility achieved a significant milestone in fusion research in August 2021, with a fusion yield surpassing 1.3 MJ. The team is now…
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have designed a new type of magnet that could aid devices ranging…
According to recent simulations and analysis, the flagship fusion facility of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) might serve…
A key challenge for scientists striving to produce on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars is preventing what are called runaway…
Scientists have discovered a novel way to classify magnetized plasmas that could possibly lead to advances in harvesting on Earth the fusion energy that powers the sun…
Major milestone in US contribution to ITER. After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the…
Nuclear Fusion reactions power the Sun and other stars. In a fusion reaction, two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus. The process…
National Academies study says fusion can help decarbonize US energy, calls for public-private approach to pilot plant operation by 2035-40. Electricity generated by fusion power…
Permanent magnets akin to those used on refrigerators could speed the development of fusion energy – the same energy produced by the sun and stars….
A key hurdle facing fusion devices called stellarators — twisty facilities that seek to harness on Earth the fusion reactions that power the sun and…
A major issue with operating ring-shaped fusion facilities known as tokamaks is keeping the plasma that fuels fusion reactions free of impurities that could reduce…
Fusion by strong lasers: HZDR scientists want to use quantum mechanics to trigger the fusion of atomic nuclei at lower energies. Nuclear physics usually involves…
An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that producing the current in plasma that helps create confining magnetic fields happens in…
The field of magnetic fusion research has mysteries to spare. How to confine turbulent plasma fuel in a donut-shaped vacuum chamber, making it hot and…
Probing nucleosynthesis in star-like conditions using the world’s biggest laser at NIF. On a typical day at the world’s biggest laser, the National Ignition Facility…
The Plasma Liner Experiment will soon test the potential for a novel plasma fusion concept, while offering insights into the physics of colliding plasma jets….
