A team of Chinese and American scientists has learned how to maintain high fusion performance under steady conditions by exploiting a characteristic of the plasma itself: the plasma self-generates ...

The study of material plasma exposure experiments and plasma‐material interactions is critical for advancing fusion energy research and the development of next‐generation plasma facing components.

For the first time, scientists have built a fusion experiment using permanent magnets, a technique that could show a simple way to build future devices for less cost and allow researchers to test new ...

The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) has begun its 2024 plasma experiments, aiming to secure advanced plasma operation technologies. This year’s experiments will focus on developing ...

Korea institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) said on the 27th that it has begun its 2025 experiment with the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device, aiming to secure plasma operation ...

PASADENA, Calif.–Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have devised a plasma experiment that shows how huge long, thin jets of material shoot out from exotic astrophysical ...

Measuring conditions in volatile clouds of superheated gases known as plasmas is central to pursuing greater scientific ...

With dual lasers, researchers have accelerated a high-quality beam of electrons to 10 billion electronvolts in just 30 centimeters. The experiment gives scientists a 'frame-by-frame' look at how a ...

A new article describes how heating core of the plasma can create sheared flow that improves stability and performance of fusion devices. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton ...