Schematic of fast ions (black spirals) interacting with plasma waves (color) in a fusion experiment. Credit: Steve Allen (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) and adapted by…
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Recent research at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility has led to groundbreaking observations of energetic ions in fusion plasmas, crucial for maintaining the state of…
Universities are key to the development of high-tech industries, especially the emerging fusion energy sector. However, there’s a notable gap in fusion-focused academic resources. Experts…
Rochester’s LLE has been awarded $10 million by the DOE to advance inertial fusion energy research, leading efforts to create innovative laser technologies and train…
EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center is a leading force in nuclear fusion research, using a unique tokamak reactor to study plasma behavior. Their work aims to…
Structure of Heliotron J device. Credit: KyotoU/Heliotron J group Plasma physicists from Ukraine, Germany and Japan collaborate to spark fusion power. Despite being forced to…
On the one-year anniversary of achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility, the scientific results of this record experiment…
Nuclear fusion facility: JET interior with superimposed plasma. Nuclear fusion energy could be a pivotal sustainable energy source to complement renewables. Credit: UKAEA The old…
Inside Japan’s Large Helical Device (LHD) stellarator, built to test plasma fusion confinement. Credit: Justin Ruckman New insights into understanding turbulence in fusion plasmas. In…
Illustration of cloud-like ionized plasma in the ITER fusion reactor tokamak. Credit: ITER Physicists at EPFL, within a large European collaboration, have revised one of…
Magnetic fusion reactors contain super hot plasma in a donut-shaped container called a tokamak. Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls –…
Scientists have achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the conceptual design of twisty stellarators, experimental magnetic facilities that could reproduce on Earth the fusion energy that…
Nuclear fusion facility: JET interior with superimposed plasma. Credit: UKAEA European joint experiment prepares transition to large-scale ITER project. Following the example of the sun,…
Visualized are two-dimensional pressure fluctuations within a larger three-dimensional magnetically confined fusion plasma simulation. With recent advances in machine-learning techniques, these types of partial observations…
MITMIT is an acronym for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a prestigious private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts that was founded in 1861.…
The preamplifiers of the National Ignition Facility are the first step in increasing the energy of laser beams as they make their way toward the…
Cross section of a tokamak (left) with exhaust region highlighted in green and simulation box in red. Snapshots of electron density (right) from simulations show…
Physicist Suying Jin with computer-generated images showing the properties of heat pulse propagation in plasma. Credit: Headshot courtesy of Suying Jin / Collage courtesy of…
Harnessing the Power of the Sun on Earth: Major Advance in Stellarator Performance for Fusion Energy
Wendelstein 7-X stellarator schema. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics Stellarators, twisty magnetic devices that aim to harness on Earth the fusion energy that…
This large-bore, full-scale high-temperature superconducting magnet designed and built by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) has demonstrated a record-breaking…