Accounting for core rotation’s influence on edge flows allows scientists to more accurately predict exhaust behavior. New ...

"To be honest, it's less about the fact that I did nuclear fusion and more about the fact that I learned a lot of skills." ...

Pulsar Fusion achieved what it calls a world’s first on March 25, 2026, firing up plasma inside its Sunbird nuclear fusion ...

Fusion scientists have solved a long-standing mystery inside tokamaks, the donut-shaped machines designed to harness fusion ...

The configuration is different from the designs of other researchers who are also working to stabilize superheated plasma.

PPPL is leading new diagnostics campaigns on France’s WEST and Japan’s JT‑60SA tokamaks to probe ultrahot plasmas, manage ...

The magnetic field of our planet produces a tailed bubble that mostly protects us from cosmic and solar radiation. This is ...

First plasma” has been achieved by the Sunbird exhaust test system, marking a major step toward a direct fusion drive ...

Using high-intensity lasers, researchers have taken an important step toward miniaturization of particle accelerators by ...

UK-based Pulsar Fusion announced it has successfully achieved first plasma in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system. The demonstration, a world’s ...

The sun, our nearest star, never stops breathing. Every second of every day, it exhales a vast stream of charged particles ...

Abstract: In this paper, a plasma-based Energy selective surface (ESS) is proposed for high-power microwave (HPM) threat protection. The proposed design leverages the formation of plasma, generated by ...