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New work seeks to explain a strange phenomenon occurring in fusion reactor materials.
A new type of lens improves the focusing precision at the world’s most powerful X-ray light sources.
A new fast and robust algorithm for computing stellarator coil shapes yields designs that are easier to build and maintain.
Fast imaging of frozen argon pellets enables measurement of fast electrons formed during disruption for first time.
Heating the core of fusion reactors causes them to develop sheared rotation that can improve plasma performance.
New atomic transition found in xenon accurately calibrates neutral hydrogen density measurements in plasma experiments important in the pursuit of fusion energy.
Cutting-edge simulations provide an explanation for a mystery over half a century old.
Lithium walls open up access to new regimes for the fusion reactor.
Experimental turbulence model matches the magnetic field amplification seen within the remains of a supernova.
New models reveal the impact of competing processes on helium bubble formation in plasma-exposed tungsten.
New findings indicate that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs can be used to sterilize water, making it antimicrobial for as long as a week after treatment.
The reversed field pinch’s helical state reveals nonlinear physics of plasma self-organization.
