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Italian scientists claim to have demonstrated cold fusion (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Few areas of science are more controversial than cold fusion, the hypothetical near-room-temperature reaction in which two smaller nuclei join together to form a single larger nucleus while ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (158) | comments 298 | with audio podcast report

One step closer to controlling nuclear fusion

Using a heating system, physicists have succeeded for the first time in preventing the development of instabilities in an efficient alternative way relevant to a future nuclear fusion reactor. It’s an ...

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created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (54) | comments 110 | with audio podcast

New project aims for fusion ignition

Russia and Italy have entered into an agreement to build a new fusion reactor outside Moscow that could become the first such reactor to achieve ignition, the point where a fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining ...

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created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (44) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

Levitating magnet may yield new approach to clean energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new experiment that reproduces the magnetic fields of the Earth and other planets has yielded its first significant results. The findings confirm that its unique approach has some potential ...

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created Jan 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (44) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018: official

An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (36) | comments 58

Findings show promise for nuclear fusion test reactors

Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coatings capable of ...

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created Jul 27, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Canadian firm bids to commercialize fusion reactor

In the race against world governments and the wealthiest companies to commercialize a nuclear fusion reactor, a small, innovative Canadian firm is hoping to bottle and sell the sun's energy.

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created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (21) | comments 79

Nuclear experts seek to advance ITER fusion project

An explosion in costs has cast a cloud over a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project aiming to make the power that fuels the sun a practical energy source on Earth.

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created Jul 26, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 26

Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

(PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations ...

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (24) | comments 19 weblog

World's largest fusion device goes back to work

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

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 20

States agree new funding, schedule for nuclear fusion plan

The European Union and six states backing a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project said Wednesday they had reached a deal on the financing and timetable for the experimental reactor.

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created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 13

Nuclear fusion power project to start in slimmed-down version

A multi-billion-dollar project to prove whether nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, can be a practicable energy source is to be scaled down in its early stages, sources said on Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 15

Vacuum arcs spark new interest

Whenever two pieces of metal at different voltages are brought near each other, as when an appliance is plugged into a live socket, there is a chance there will be an arc between them. Most of the arcs people ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Scientist receives massive computing project award to develop magnetic fusion energy

Choong-Seock Chang, a research professor at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, has received a Department of Energy (DOE) award to carry out ultra large-scale computation using the Cray XT supercomputer ...

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created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 9

Fusion presents low proliferation risk, experts conclude

American researchers have shown that prospective magnetic fusion power systems would pose a much lower risk of being used for the production of weapon-usable materials than nuclear fission reactors and their ...

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created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 27 | with audio podcast