Of Interest archive
2013
12 Aug 2013
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Making progress by going backwards... and forwards
Scientists at Portugal's Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear (IPFN) have made a dramatic twenty-fold improvement to the operation of their鈥
11 Aug 2013
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Clean, limitless fusion power could arrive sooner than expected
Good news, denizens of Earth: If the findings from two premier research labs are to be believed, commercial nuclear fusion is feasible鈥攁nd鈥
10 Aug 2013
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PPPL wins USD 12.25 million grant
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has won a USD 12.25 million competitive grant to develop computer codes to simulate a key鈥
9 Aug 2013
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Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith calls for carbon duty on imports
A leading energy expert says Australia should impose a carbon duty on imports of goods and services from countries that don't set a price鈥
7 Aug 2013
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Researchers create magnetic resonance imaging of the Sun's interior motions
A team of scientists has created a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the sun's interior plasma motions, shedding light on how it鈥
6 Aug 2013
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JET-setting Indian team get ITER-like ELM coils underway
A new chapter in JET's career is opening, as a significant international collaboration with India gets underway. The project is to鈥
5 Aug 2013
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Japanese researchers synthesize elusive atomic element 113
A Japanese team from the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RNC) has announced the synthesis of the elusive atomic element鈥
4 Aug 2013
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How we will live in 100 years
It's a Friday afternoon and you've left the office after a busy week. You hail a driverless cab, powered by nuclear fusion, that takes you鈥
3 Aug 2013
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Nuclear fusion鈥攜our time has come!
Every year, one typical coal-fired power station devours several million tons of fuel and produces even more carbon dioxide. The鈥
2 Aug 2013
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Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research
The Madison Symmetric Torus, a leading piece of equipment in plasma physics research for more than 20 years, recently gained a new鈥
1 Aug 2013
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Recovering tritium from JET's waste
ENEA and CEA have developed a membrane process and a palladium-based reactor to extract tritium from JET's housekeeping waste. Compared to鈥
31 Jul 2013
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Snowflakes spread the heat
Scientists from the Swiss Associate CRPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory received the鈥
30 Jul 2013
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Using a fusion fission hybrid reactor to burn nuclear waste
Nuclear power is actually the safest form of power generation in existence, including all forms of renewables and hydrocarbons. Scientists鈥
29 Jul 2013
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A dying star is reborn in a lab
Astronomer Don Winget studies stars, yet his targets are never more than yards away. For the past two years, Winget and his colleagues at鈥
28 Jul 2013
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China's space program has helium 3 in mind
China's interest in space is prompted by far more than mere curiosity, as space development will lead to tremendous economic, scientific鈥
27 Jul 2013
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University of Tennessee, ORNL lead national project to study nuclear fusion reactor materials
A research team at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive USD 4.1 million during the next five years to鈥
26 Jul 2013
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Benefits of thorium as alternative nuclear fuel are 'overstated'
The benefits of an alternative nuclear fuel that could offer a safer and more abundant alternative to the uranium that powers conventional鈥
25 Jul 2013
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Antimatter and fusion drives could power future spaceships
Nuclear fusion reactions sparked by beams of antimatter could be propelling ultra-fast spaceships on long journeys before the end of the鈥
24 Jul 2013
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The boy who played with fusion
Taylor Wilson stood at the front of the auditorium, shifting from foot to foot and adjusting his suit sleeves like any other 18-year-old鈥
23 Jul 2013
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Cryostat contractor Larsen & Toubro jumps 5.3% in 3 days
Shares of Larsen & Toubro Ltd (India) have jumped 5.31% in three trading sessions after the company said on Wednesday, 12鈥