Scientists in Germany have achieved a major milestone in the race to unlock clean, limitless energy through nuclear fusion — ...

Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean ...

Germany has set a new nuclear fusion record with the Wendelstein 7-X reactor, surpassing global benchmarks in energy turnover ...

Thermonuclear fusion creates a hot plasma — a state of matter formed of ions and electrons rather than the electrically neutral atoms that are found in gas — that can be confined, for example ...

How is plasma used on Earth? Plasma happens when gas gets heated to a very high temperature and the atoms lose their electrons. Find out more about this state of matter. Major Funding by the Laura ...

ZEUS relied on a reconfigured target for its debut demonstration, which required firing a laser pulse at a cell containing ...

Matter on Earth is typically found as a solid, liquid or gas, but the temperatures required for fusion are high enough that matter transforms into a fourth state called a plasma. Atoms in a plasma ...

Stopping off-the-wall behavior in fusion reactors Boron could help the tungsten wall inside a tokamak keep its atoms to itself Date: October 7, 2024 Source: DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ...

In both cases, the atoms involved are heated to super-high temperatures and confined in a small area, which forces them to fuse. Artist's impression of plasma inside a fusion reactor using ...

Every second or so, when a small amount of nitrogen gas is allowed to leak into the gap, a spark flashes, turning the nitrogen into a plasma by ionizing its atoms. The heavy current, which lasts ...

German researchers at the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator have set a new standard in fusion reactor performance, edging closer to ...

In an unassuming industrial park 30 miles outside Boston, engineers are building a futuristic machine to replicate the energy that powers the stars. If all goes to plan, it could be the key to ...