The development of sustainable energy sources that can satisfy the world energy demand is one of the most challenging scientific problems. Nuclear fusion, the energy source of stars, is a clean and ...

Juno observations reveal that Jupiter counters the solar wind with stronger multi-frequency plasma waves and shocklets that ...

A tiny amount of metal could be standing between us and practical nuclear fusion. And ironically, it’s the very metal ...

Wendelstein 7-X begins OP2.4, a 12-week campaign focused on high-performance plasmas, fast ions and long pulses.

Scientists have made discoveries about light particles known as photons that could aid the quest for fusion energy. Both literally and figuratively, light pervades the world. It banishes darkness, ...

Scientists have used a pair of lasers and a supersonic sheet of gas to accelerate electrons to high energies in less than a foot. The development marks a major step forward in laser-plasma ...

Chinese scientists have unveiled a superconducting linear plasma device designed to test materials for nuclear fusion reactors. The Superconducting Plasma Wall Interaction Linear Device (SWORD) boasts ...

A new phenomenon discovered in plasma could have a major effect on the turbulence driving volatile and dangerous space ...

Quantum field theories are powerful tools for particle physics and condensed matter physics but are rarely used in plasma physics. However, in warm-dense regimes, where matter is partially ionized and ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unobserved magnetic reversal hidden within the solar wind, revealing that the ...

3D visualization of an ELM in the ASDEX Upgrade tokamk as simulated with the MEGA code. The tokamak volue is colored according to the ELM structure. TheELM interacts with the energetic particle whose ...