The secret behind a record-breaking nuclear fusion experiment that spit out 10 quadrillion watts of power in a split second has been revealed: a "self-heating" — or "burning" — plasma of ...

With ITER scheduled to go online within a decade and demonstrate controlled fusion ten years later, now is the right time for the United States to develop plans to benefit from its investment in ...

Over the past few years, the facility has passed some key milestones, including ignition of fusion and creating what's termed a burning plasma. Now, researchers have analyzed the properties of the ...

Now, a new finding at NIF may provide a clue – ions in what is known as a burning plasma have an unexpected kinetic energy distribution, which encourages fusion. The $3.5bn NIF at the Lawrence ...

Still trying to decide between plasma and LCD and want to know about plasma burn-in effects? Well look no further as we go through what it is and how to avoid it. Executive Editor David Carnoy has ...

“On the road to a magnetic fusion power plant, a good confinement of a burning plasma, at temperatures >10 8 K and particle densities >10 20 m −3, is mandatory,” explained the stud ...

While the U.S. calls for regression, under President Donald Trump, China has a tremendous lead in developing the economy of ...