"Most advanced of its kind in the world." Scientists make progress on ultra-futuristic device that could generate virtually ...
The new material could be key to finally building a successful fusion reactor.
Researchers in France have set an impressive new record. For 22 breathtaking minutes, blazing-hot plasma swirled inside the ...
Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.
French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for ...
How a tokamak works: The electric field induced by a transformer drives a current (big red arrows) through the plasma column. This generates a poloidal magnetic field that bends the plasma current ...
The Globus-M2 spherical tokamak that Bakharev his team are working on may be an important first step towards this goal. Tokamaks confine plasma – a hot, ionized gas – using magnetic fields ...
Plasma was kept stable for 22 minutes at the French research reactor WEST. The team wants to achieve several hours in future.
A new AI-driven approach to tokamak plasma control offers an improved route to commercial fusion technology. Next Step Fusion ...
Hot stuff The first plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak. (Courtesy: University of Seville) A novel fusion device based at the University of Seville in Spain has achieved its first plasma. The ...