Plasma research shows promise for future compact accelerators

Plasma research shows promise for future compact accelerators

LANL December 21, 2015 A transformative breakthrough in controlling ion beams allows small-scale laser-plasma accelerators to deliver unprecedented power densities. The team in front of the Trident Target Chamber. Back, from left: Tom Shimada, Sha-Marie Reid, Adam Sefkow, Miguel Santiago, and Chris Hamilton. Front, from left: Russ Mortensen, Chengkun Huang, Sasi Palaniyappan, Juan Fernandez, Cort … Read more

German Plasma Success Raises Nuclear Fusion Hopes

German Plasma Success Raises Nuclear Fusion Hopes

Nuclear Friends Foundation The Wendelstein 7-X machine’s plasma – but nuclear fusion is still years away A German nuclear fusion experiment has produced a special super-hot gas which scientists hope will eventually lead to clean, cheap energy. The helium plasma – a cloud of loose, charged particles – lasted just a tenth of a second … Read more

Is fusion energy around the corner?

Is fusion energy around the corner?

Illinois News Bureau AUSTIN KEATING DEC 22, 2015 The W7-X experiment’s successful creation of plasma in Germany is a step along the path to fusion energy, says Illinois research professor Daniel Andruczyk. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer Editor’s note: Nuclear fusion – the process of recreating the reaction that powers the sun for unlimited energy … Read more

World’s biggest tokamak gets Gujarati heart

World’s biggest tokamak gets Gujarati heart

Times of India Paul John | TNN | Dec 24, 2015 AHMEDABAD: The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which is the world’s biggest six -country scientific collaboration to generate nuclear fusion energy in Saint-PaulLez-Durance in France, now officially has a Gujarati heart. The institute of plasma research (IPR) in Gandhinagar, which houses the ITERIndia team … Read more

PPPL celebrates role in first research plasma on W7-X stellarator in Germany

PPPL celebrates role in first research plasma on W7-X stellarator in Germany

Eureka Alert 22-DEC-2015 DOE/PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY A wide-angle shot of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) taken in October when the device was still under construction. One of the gold-colored trim coils built and delivered by PPPL can be seen at the far right of the machine. CREDIT: PHOTO BY GLEN WURDEN/LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. Scientists … Read more

German Scientists Fire Up Nuclear Fusion Machine

German Scientists Fire Up Nuclear Fusion Machine

Dec 14, 2015 This is a screenshot image of the plasma isolated by Wendelstein 7-X. (© picture alliance / dpa) Physicists at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) in Greifswald, Germany were responsible for a major scientific breakthrough on December 10. With a single tweet, the team responsible for plasma physics announced that it had isolated … Read more

The rocky road to nuclear fusion power

The rocky road to nuclear fusion power

DW.com Innovative designs using modern superconductors are supposed to bring us nuclear fusion power plants soon – some optimists say. Fusion experts predict, however, that a practical application will take many more decades. Nuclear fusion is considered a potential energy source of the future. It’s clean nuclear energy. But what is it, exactly and why … Read more

What Does Silicon Valley Have to Do with Fusion Energy?

What Does Silicon Valley Have to Do with Fusion Energy?

ForbesTom Gillis DEC 15, 2015 Recently I went to an event and met a group of senior government and industry people. They were on a mission to Silicon Valley so they can better understand how it works. But it turns out I learned a few things about physics and the future of humanity. Another company … Read more

A collaboration bears fruit as W7-X celebrates first research plasma

A collaboration bears fruit as W7-X celebrates first research plasma

PPPL By Jeanne Jackson DeVoe December 14, 2015 A wide-angle shot of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) taken in October when the device was still under construction. One of the gold-colored trim coils built and delivered by PPPL can be seen at the far right of the machine. Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton … Read more

The €1billion ‘pretzel’ that could save planet Earth: Device which ‘recreates conditions inside stars’ could make fossil fuels redundant

The €1billion ‘pretzel’ that could save planet Earth: Device which ‘recreates conditions inside stars’ could make fossil fuels redundant

Daily Mail By Stephen Adams and Allan Hall In Berlin Dec. 12, 2015 The Wendelstein 7-X machine in Germany cost €1billion to construct The device recreates conditions similar to those occurring inside stars Technology could lead to limitless supplies of clean and cheap energy It created one-million-degrees-centigrade plasma for tenth of a second Its twisted … Read more