New computer code could lead to simpler, less costly stellarators for fusion power
Like engineers who design high-performance Formula One race cars, scientists want to create high-performance plasmas in ...
University of Nevada, Reno1d
200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time
Discovery reshapes our understanding of heat transfer in extreme materials, with implications for inertial confinement fusion and high-energy-density science ...
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Next up for nuclear power: small, transportable and made in a factory near Pittsburgh
Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...
Nature7d
Plasma physics articles from across Nature Portfolio
Plasma physics is the study of a state of matter comprising charged particles. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule.
Scientists Just Uncovered a Major Challenge for Fusion Power – And It’s Not What You’d Expect
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are exploring how deuterium, a potential fusion fuel, interacts with ...
Phys.org12d
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science located on Princeton University's Forrestal ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN13d
Surprising nuclear fusion discovery may make US reactors safer, more efficient
Carbon: The hidden culprit in nuclear fuel retention. Scientists have been studying boron-coated walls in fusion reactors ...
Some fuel will get stuck in inner walls of fusion vessels: Research provides a better idea of how much
To develop a practical fusion power system, scientists need to fully understand how the plasma fuel interacts with its ...
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Some fuel lodges in the inner walls of fusion vessels. Researchers now have a better idea of how much.
The iridescent hues seen on some tiles lining the vessel come from atoms that can become lodged in the walls during plasma experiments. To develop a practical fusion power system, scientists need ...
Physics World15d
Fusion physicist Ian Chapman to head UK Research and Innovation
The fusion physicist Ian Chapman is to be the next head of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) – the UK’s biggest public research funder. He will take up the position in June, replacing the geniticist ...