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Renowned plasma scientist urges researchers and institutions to focus on scalable applications of plasma-based ...

Nuclear and plasma physics form complementary pillars in our understanding of the fundamental forces and states of matter. Nuclear physics investigates the structure, dynamics and interactions of ...

Leading the way into what computer scientists call the exascale era, the Frontier supercomputer will debut at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) in Tennessee in 2021. Just ...

Interferometry has become an indispensable diagnostic tool in plasma physics, enabling the precise measurement of electron densities and detailed imaging of plasma behaviour. By utilising the ...

A new kind of plasma accelerator has cleared a hurdle that has dogged the field for decades, lifting electron energy and beam ...

Scientists uncover new properties of plasma that have wide potential applications for astrophysical and fusion plasmas. Scientists have discovered a novel way to classify magnetized plasmas that could ...

The construction phase of large fusion facilities is in visible progress. Important investments are being made with the construction of the magnetic confinement fusion device Iter (France), as a joint ...

For the first time, scientists have 'photographed' a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into spaghetti-like filaments. A new study, published in Physical Review Letters, ...

Plasma wakefield accelerators can provide energy gain of up to two orders of magnitude greater than conventional RF accelerators, making them a promising new technology for creating compact particle ...

Multi-physics simulation of electromagnetic, and electrostatics in complex dielectric and metallic environments; Combination of computational speed leveraging GPUs, and high-fidelity results for ...