Researchers working on China's fully superconducting Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) have experimentally ...
In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.
A team of U.S. scientists has made a surprising discovery that could help bring fusion energy, a long-hoped-for clean energy source, closer to reality. In a recent experiment at the University of ...
Researchers working on China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) say they have managed to operate the ...
The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) has begun its 2024 plasma experiments, aiming to secure advanced plasma operation technologies. This year’s experiments will focus on developing ...
In 1991, scientists working on a pioneering energy facility made a a momentous breakthrough, achieving the controlled release of nuclear fusion power for the first time. In 1997, the Joint European ...
Alfvén accelerator: artist’s illustration of how Alfvén waves in Earth’s magnetic field can accelerate the electrons responsible for intense auroras. (Courtesy: Austin Montelius/University of Iowa) ...
Plasma, the electrically charged state of matter that lights up stars and neon signs, has just revealed a subtle effect that had never been directly seen before, yet appears to be woven through much ...
PASADENA, Calif.–Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have devised a plasma experiment that shows how huge long, thin jets of material shoot out from exotic astrophysical ...
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