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Reactor-grade fusion plasma: First high-precision measurement of potential dynamics
Nuclear fusion, which operates on the same principle that powers the sun, is expected to become a sustainable energy source for the future. To achieve fusion power generation, it is essential to confine plasma at temperatures ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 13, 2025
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Tabletop particle accelerator could transform medicine and materials science
A particle accelerator that produces intense X-rays could be squeezed into a device that fits on a table, my colleagues and I have found in a new research project.
Optics & Photonics
Nov 13, 2025
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Harnessing intricate, self-organized plasma patterns to destroy PFAS
Increasing the surface area when plasma and water interact could help scale up a technology that destroys contaminants such as PFAS, detergents and microbial contaminants in drinking water, new research from the University ...
Plasma Physics
Nov 10, 2025
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Multi-scale turbulence observations reveal new plasma confinement performance mechanism
Around the world, research is advancing to efficiently confine fusion plasma and harness its immense energy for power generation. However, it is known that turbulence occurring at various scales within the plasma causes the ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 22, 2025
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Magnetized plasmas offer a new handle on nanomaterial design
Imagine a cloud that shines like a neon sign, but instead of raindrops, it contains countless microscopic dust grains floating in midair. This is a dusty plasma, a bizarre state of matter found both in deep space and in the ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 21, 2025
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Physicists probe quark‑gluon plasma temperatures, helping paint more detailed picture of Big Bang
A research team led by Rice University physicist Frank Geurts has successfully measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) at various stages of its evolution, providing critical insights into a state of matter believed ...
General Physics
Oct 15, 2025
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Compact laser-plasma accelerator can generate muons on demand for imaging
Muon beams can now be created in a device that is the length of a ruler.
Plasma rampdown prediction model could improve reliability of fusion power plants
Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to contain a plasma hotter than the sun's core and push the plasma's atoms to fuse and release energy. ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 7, 2025
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New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems
Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left are images. What if artificial intelligence (AI) could analyze each frame of the video and provide ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 1, 2025
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Lightning strikes 12 times per minute on fusion engineering test platform
Zap Energy has advanced its Century fusion engineering test platform to operate for more than one hundred plasma shots at 0.2 Hz, or one shot every five seconds, with the resulting heat captured by surfaces coated with circulating ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 30, 2025
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3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma
Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many astrophysical studies, as ...
Shape-shifting collisions offer new tool for studying early matter produced in Big Bang's aftermath
This summer, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) took a breath of fresh air. Normally filled with beams of protons, the 27-km ring was reconfigured to enable its first oxygen–oxygen and neon–neon collisions. First results ...
General Physics
Sep 18, 2025
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Single-shot laser technique captures plasma evolution at 100 billion frames per second
Plasma, ionized gas and the fourth state of matter, makes up over 99% of the ordinary matter in the universe. Understanding its properties is critical for developing fusion energy sources, modeling astrophysical objects like ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 17, 2025
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New technique advances compact particle accelerator development
An international collaboration has developed a new diagnostic technique for measuring ultra-short particle beams at STFC's Central Laser Facility. This collaboration is led by the University of Michigan and Queen's University ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 15, 2025
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Key diagnostic system for experimental fusion reactor nears completion
In the universe, thermonuclear fusion is a common reaction: it is the source of energy for stars. On Earth, producing energy using this process is difficult due to problems with controlling the plasma emitting significant ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 11, 2025
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Tests on superconducting materials for world's largest fusion energy project show reliable measurement protocol
Durham University scientists have completed one of the largest quality verification programs ever carried out on superconducting materials, helping to ensure the success of the world's biggest fusion energy experiment ITER.
Superconductivity
Sep 11, 2025
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Measuring electron pulses for future compact ultra-bright X-ray sources
In a step toward making ultra-bright X-ray sources more widely available, an international collaboration led by the University of Michigan—with experiments at the U.K.'s Central Laser Facility—has mapped key aspects of ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 10, 2025
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Super-X' design shows major advantages in handling hot exhaust of fusion energy
Temperatures of more than 10,000°C and a hail of charged particles from the fusion fuel (plasma): These are extreme conditions that the exhaust wall (divertor) of future fusion power plants will need to withstand. It makes ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 8, 2025
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Particle detector proves precision as it prepares to probe properties of quark-gluon plasma
A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early universe. The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory's Relativistic ...
General Physics
Sep 3, 2025
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Bon voyage: General Atomics set to ship final piece of giant battery to nuclear fusion project in France
The final section of what scientists and engineers say will be the largest and most powerful pulsed, superconducting magnet in the world has been completed at the Poway campus of San Diego-based General Atomics.
Plasma Physics
Aug 29, 2025
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