For the first time, a team of physicists in the U.S. has clearly demonstrated a "helicon current drive" in a nuclear fusion ...

Scientists studied plasma heated by a laser. It came to resemble the material that makes up the solar corona and the layers ...

Another area of radiation detection, to detect antineutrinos as an indicator of nuclear fission, anchored his doctoral research — Hecla’s Ph.D. dissertation was titled “Optical Diagnostics for ...

What if a single treatment before planting could help crops grow stronger, withstand drought and produce more usable food, ...

Produced as part of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program - aka AAWSAP - it ...

Europe’s Space Rider reusable spacecraft suffers a parafoil failure during a drop test in Sardinia, raising questions about ...

The full-scale prototype of Europe's Space Rider orbiter failed to deploy its parachute during a drop test earlier this month, but ESA officials hope the setback won't delay progress toward its first ...

When most people picture an antenna, they think of a slim metal rod, whether the thin, extendable rod on a portable FM radio ...

These futuristic reactors may offer advantages that are “entirely infeasible” for their terrestrial counterparts.

Researchers fed fusion data to a new chip to see whether it could spot signs that superhot plasma is about to go haywire ...

Russian engineers have developed plasma engines with an almost unlimited service life. In them, the particles accelerated to ...

Pre-Series A led by Valquest Partners, with participation from Bosch Ventures, will take solid-state noise control from ...