PASADENA, Calif.–Applied physicists at the California Institute of Technology have devised a plasma experiment that shows how huge long, thin jets of material shoot out from exotic astrophysical ...

A major effort to study a mysterious substance that could enhance understanding of the cosmos and fusion energy has received a critical boost from the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma ...

Korea institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) said on the 27th that it has begun its 2025 experiment with the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device, aiming to secure plasma operation ...

The first time a real retractable plasma blade flared to life on camera, it looked less like a fan project and more like a physics experiment that had slipped its leash. This was not a glowing plastic ...

A self-generated, or "bootstrap," current has significant implications for the cost-effectiveness of fusion power. A team of Chinese and American scientists has learned how to maintain high fusion ...

The study of material plasma exposure experiments and plasma‐material interactions is critical for advancing fusion energy research and the development of next‐generation plasma facing components.

Taking careful aim with a quadrillion watt laser, researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab claim to have managed to speed up subatomic particles to the highest ...

Experiments at RHIC and the LHC have complementary strengths in studying the quark-gluon plasma, a state of matter in which quarks come unbound. Image: Brookhaven National Laboratory Carefully ...