"Constructing the first quadrant is a big achievement." Scientists achieve major milestone in quest for nuclear fusion ...

This physicist and self-described “plasma guy” (and former head of Argonne National Laboratory) delves into whether can ...

This rigorous explanation of plasmas is relevant to diverse plasma applications such as controlled fusion, astrophysical plasmas, solar physics, magnetospheric plasmas, and plasma thrusters. More ...

By sheer chance we may have visited the seventh planet when things weren’t normal and have misunderstood it ever since.

But there are still huge technological challenges to overcome before ... Heating a plasma for fusion research requires megawatts of power. One approach that research tokamaks use to achieve the ...

One of the hardest engineering challenges in the world of fusion energy is developing materials that can withstand the ...

The NSTX-U is the primary nuclear fusion reactor experiment which is ongoing at the US Department of Energy's PPPL.

for which he was awarded the European Plasma Physics PhD Award. In 2019, he and Jason Parisi published the popular science book, The Future of Fusion Energy. Currently, Justin is the principal ...

Developed in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics specifically for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, ...

Plasma physics is the study of a state of matter comprising charged particles. Plasmas are usually created by heating a gas until the electrons become detached from their parent atom or molecule.

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is like an immensely powerful kitchen, designed to cook up some of the rarest and hottest ...

A University of Maryland astrophysicist was named Tuesday to the 2024 class of Packard Fellows for Science and Engineering, ...