News tagged with nuclear fusion reaction

The making of dust

(PhysOrg.com) -- On the Earth, dust particles are everywhere - under beds, on bookshelves, even floating in the air. We take dust for granted. Dust is also common in space, and it is found for example in the ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers Shed Light on Birth of the First Stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the beginning, there were hydrogen and helium. Created in the first three minutes after the Big Bang, these elements gave rise to all other elements in the universe. The factories that ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

N.Korea boasts success in nuclear fusion

North Korea on Wednesday claimed it had carried out a nuclear fusion reaction that could lead to a limitless supply of clean energy -- a process that the world's scientists have so far yet to achieve.

Physics / General Physics

created May 12, 2010 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (13) | comments 31

NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Toward limitless energy: National Ignition Facility focus of ACS symposium (w/ Video)

Chemists are preparing to play an important but often unheralded role in determining the success of one of the largest and most important scientific experiments in history — next year's initial attempts at ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (19) | comments 14

'Cold fusion' rebirth? New evidence for existence of controversial energy source

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

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (48) | comments 59