Last update:

Study shows inverting fusion plasmas improves performance

To become commercially viable, fusion power plants must create and sustain the plasma conditions necessary for fusion reactions. However, at high temperatures and densities, plasmas often develop gradients in those temperatures ...

Plasma oscillations propel breakthroughs in fusion energy

Most people know about solids, liquids, and gases as the main three states of matter, but a fourth state of matter exists as well. Plasma—also known as ionized gas—is the most abundant, observable form of matter in our ...

Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

In the blink of an eye, the unruly, superheated plasma that drives a fusion reaction can lose its stability and escape the strong magnetic fields confining it within the donut-shaped fusion reactor. These getaways frequently ...

New design improves water decontamination via plasma jet

Plasma is an ionized gas—that is, a gas containing electrons, ions, atoms, molecules, radicals, and photons. It is often called the fourth state of matter, and surprisingly, it permeates everything. Plasmas, which are artificially ...

Researchers visualize energetic ion flow in fusion devices

In a burning plasma, maintaining confinement of fusion-produced energetic ions is essential to producing energy. These fusion plasmas host a wide array of electromagnetic waves that can push energetic ions out of the plasma.

More news

Optics & Photonics
Process for the optical analysis of trace gases optimized
Plasma Physics
New code developed for tokamak plasma rotation and transport analysis
Plasma Physics
Korean artificial sun, KSTAR, completes divertor upgrades for long pulse operations
General Physics
Newly developed material gulps down hydrogen, spits it out, protects fusion reactor walls
Plasma Physics
Physicist explains X-rays that shouldn't exist in 'cold' plasma
Plasma Physics
Collisions change how fast ions surf on plasma waves in fusion experiments and beyond
Optics & Photonics
An anomalous relativistic emission arising from the intense interaction of lasers with plasma mirrors
General Physics
Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
General Physics
Shrinking particle accelerators with cold plasma and a large picnic basket
Plasma Physics
New study shows how universities are critical to emerging fusion industry
Optics & Photonics
Compact accelerator technology achieves major energy milestone
Plasma Physics
A breakthrough discovery could accelerate the arrival of controlled fusion energy on Earth
General Physics
The LHC lead-ion collision run starts
Plasma Physics
Machine learning hunts for the right mix of hydrogen isotopes for future nuclear fusion power plants
Plasma Physics
Elucidating the mechanism of protective layers on fusion reactors that resist peeling
Plasma Physics
Scientists discover shortcut that aids the design of twisty fusion facilities
Plasma Physics
Let there be matter: Simulating the creation of matter from photon–photon collisions
Plasma Physics
New property of hydrogen predicted
General Physics
Lab repeats nuclear fusion feat, with higher yield
Plasma Physics
New clues to the source of the universe's magnetic fields

Other news

Analytical Chemistry
Molecular crystal motors move like microbes when exposed to light
Astronomy
JWST observations shed more light on the nature of a distant galaxy cluster
Environment
Pour points: A novel method for woodland water resource management
Paleontology & Fossils
Tanks of the triassic: New crocodile ancestor identified
Political science
The majority of Americans do not support anti-democratic behavior, even when elected officials do: Study
Analytical Chemistry
Supercomputer simulations of super-diamond suggest a path to its creation
Nanophysics
Eyes on the impossible: First near-field, subwavelength thermal radiation measurement
Ecology
Climate change alters the hidden microbial food web in peatlands, study shows
Nanophysics
A simple, scalable method using light to 3D print helical nanostructures
Astronomy
Largest-ever map of universe's active supermassive black holes released
Social Sciences
An avatar will never lie, or will it? Scientists investigate how often we change our minds in virtual environments
Biochemistry
Artificial mucus identifies link to tumor formation
Plants & Animals
Eyes open and toes out of water: How a giant water bug reached the island of Cyprus
Polymers
Transforming wood waste for sustainable manufacturing
Quantum Physics
Quantum computers can solve combinatorial optimization problems more easily than conventional methods, research shows
Cell & Microbiology
New study uncovers how hydrogen provided energy at life's origin
Nanomaterials
Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech
Ecology
Artificial streams reveal how drought shapes California's alpine ecosystems
General Physics
Breakthrough in melting point prediction: 100-year-old physics problem solved
Cell & Microbiology
Genes identified that allow bacteria to thrive despite toxic heavy metal in soil