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As part of the tie-up, Google signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for 200MW of power from its inaugural ARC plant. The ...
Google’s head of advanced energy, Michael Terrell, acknowledged substantial engineering and physics challenges ... and expected to produce first plasma in 2026 and net energy by 2027. ARC’s site in ...
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 ...
Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream ...
Scientists can now snap ultra-powerful laser pulses in one shot. RAVEN reveals distortions instantly, unlocking breakthroughs ...
Schematic diagram of the dielectric barrier discharge plasma device. Source: Sci. Rep. 15, 17954 (2025) ...
The researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics want to fetch the Sun's fire to Earth. A future fusion power plant is to produce energy by fusing nuclei of the two heavy hydrogen ...
A new material developed at Penn State defies a fundamental law of physics, opening doors to highly efficient solar cells.
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at new advances in fusion power, how the new budget bill undermines clean ...
For the first time, an international team of scientists has experimentally simulated spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) at zero temperature using a superconducting quantum processor. This achievement ...
The Physics Trades Teaching Lab is a machine shop available to CU students, research staff and faculty who have taken our shop safety training course. The shop is available for use during the academic ...
Industrial microbiology is a branch of applied microbiology in which microorganisms are used in industrial processes; for example, in the production of high-value products such as drugs, chemicals ...