To Unlock Limitless Energy, Scientists Needed a Secret Ingredient—And They May Have Just Found It
The new material could be key to finally building a successful fusion reactor.
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Scientists make progress on ultra-futuristic device that could generate virtually unlimited energy — here's the tech that's bringing it one step closer to reality
"Most advanced of its kind in the world." Scientists make progress on ultra-futuristic device that could generate virtually ...
China’s EAST reactor keeps the fire of magnetic fusion burning
Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.
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Tokamak Energy’s HTS magnets enable efficient operation of nuclear fusion devices
Tokamak Energy’s HTS magnets technology enable the efficient operation of fusion energy devices by confining the extremely ...
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Globus-M2 Tokamak advances small-scale nuclear fusion
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 ...
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Power & Cooling: CEA Claims Nuclear Fusion Energy Record for Plasma Duration
French research organization CEA reported that on 12 February, the CEA’s WEST tokamak maintained a nuclear fusion plasma for ...
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Magnetic Fusion Confinement with Tokamaks and Stellarators
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 ...
French research reactor WEST receives plasma for 22 minutes
Plasma was kept stable for 22 minutes at the French research reactor WEST. The team wants to achieve several hours in future.
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AI and smart fusion control
A new AI-driven approach to tokamak plasma control offers an improved route to commercial fusion technology. Next Step Fusion ...
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SMART spherical tokamak produces its first plasma
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 ...
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Lighting the way for tomorrow
that is smaller and more economical than a tokamak, producing a magnetic field through currents flowing inside plasma. Completed in 2015, KTX supports three-dimensional toroidal physics research ...