A potential new energy source so controversial that people once regarded it as junk science is moving closer to acceptance by the mainstream scientific community. That's the conclusion of the organizer of ...

Chemistry - Other

Mar 21, 2010 3.9 / 5 (61) 207

In the latest twist on optical knots, New York University physicists have discovered a new method to create extended and knotted optical traps in three dimensions. This method, which the NYU scientists describe ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Mar 15, 2011 4.7 / 5 (7) 0 |

Researchers at the University of Warwick’s Centre for Fusion Space and Astrophysics and the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Centre for Fusion Energy may have found a way to channel the flux and fury of a nuclear ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Jan 10, 2011 4.8 / 5 (18) 13 |

Futuristic ideas for the use of superconductors, materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, are myriad: long-distance, low-voltage electric grids with no transmission loss; fast, magnetically ...

Physics - Superconductivity

Sep 10, 2010 4.9 / 5 (12) 0 |

Latest results from the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion device are giving researchers increasing confidence in prospects for the next-generation ITER project, the international experiment that is expected ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 08, 2012 4.6 / 5 (20) 0

Scientists around the world have crossed a threshold into a promising and challenging new era in the quest for fusion energy. So says physicist George "Hutch" Neilson, director of advanced projects at the U.S. Department ...

Physics - General Physics

Feb 16, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as health-food manufacturers work on developing the best possible sodium substitutes for low-salt diets, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have acquired ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Sep 08, 2009 4.5 / 5 (10) 0

In the quest to produce nuclear fusion energy, researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have recently confirmed long-standing theoretical predictions that performance, efficiency and reliability ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Nov 02, 2009 4.7 / 5 (50) 48

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory have successfully demonstrated pulse tailoring, producing a time varying focal spot size known as 'focal zooming' on the world's largest operating krypton ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Mar 20, 2013 4.4 / 5 (9) 0

Researchers are reporting compelling new scientific evidence for the existence of low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), the process once called "cold fusion" that may promise a new source of energy. One group ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 23, 2009 3.6 / 5 (48) 59

German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said Friday his country would never again return to nuclear energy, hitting back at a top EU official who doubted Berlin's commitment to phase out nuclear power.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 04, 2013 4.7 / 5 (12) 16

Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Oxford University and the University of Michigan have joined efforts to develop new materials for thermonuclear fusion reactors. Their research focuses on characterization ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jan 09, 2012 4.4 / 5 (13) 38

The European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA) has published a roadmap which outlines how to supply fusion electricity to the grid by 2050. The roadmap to the realisation of fusion energy breaks the quest ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 16, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a star explodes as a supernova, it shines so brightly that it can be seen from millions of light-years away. One particular supernova variety - Type Ia - brightens and dims so predictably ...

Space & Earth - Astronomy

Jul 12, 2010 4.5 / 5 (12) 7 |

September is commonly the month where things begin to gather pace again, and in the world of fusion energy research, things are no different. European scientists working on the Joint European Torus (JET), ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Sep 05, 2011 4.9 / 5 (15) 20