Designing predictable nuclear fusion reactors requires highly accurate computer models, yet existing simulations often ...

Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening ...

Using measurements of the four ESA’s Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent ‘plasma’ around ...

PPPL’s new National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade will play an important role in the Department of Energy's Fusion ...

The fusion created by magnetically confined plasma is a promising clean and essentially unlimited future energy source. However, there are important problems hindering controlled fusion like the ...

An artificial buffer composed of a photoionizing material released into space at the edge of Earth’s magnetic field could ...

Even though Earth’s magnetic field shields us from solar wind and space weather–it doesn’t always offer complete protection. Researchers have discovered a new mechanism in Earth’s space environment ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have been working to develop reactors that can achieve fusion to meet the increasing need for clean and ...

A key open question in astrophysics is how plasma is transported within strongly magnetized, rapidly rotating systems. Magnetic reconnection and flux tube interchange are possible mechanisms, with ...

Three researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have been awarded the 2025 Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and ...

Whether between galaxies or within doughnut-shaped fusion devices known as tokamaks, the electrically charged fourth state of matter known as plasma regularly encounters powerful magnetic fields, ...