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Frugal fusion
PPPL looks to magnetic mirrors to produce small, economical fusion devices.
Category Archives: Fusion Energy
November 2019
Tracking tungsten
Supercomputer simulations provide a snapshot of how plasma reacts with – and can damage – components in large fusion reactors.
June 2019
Fusion’s path to practicality
Company embraces supercomputing in quest for viable fusion energy.
September 2017
Dramatic flares
Supercomputing aids experiments in sorting out the hidden mechanics of magnetic field reconnection, a key factor in solar storms and fusion energy reactors.
June 2014
Mathematical match
Projects in self-assembly and fusion drive a couple’s early career research.
December 2013
Fusion heats up
A wide array of supercomputer models is helping realize the promise of fusion energy.
May 2011
Sun-power seed
Scientists studying the complex, blindingly fast reactions behind fusion energy are clamoring for more powerful machines.
September 2009
Edgy energy
Huge simulations are illuminating one of the mysteries of fusion energy: how conditions on the edge of a super-hot plasma cloud influence events in the cloud core.
July 2007
Plotting plasmas
High-temperature plasmas important in fusion are difficult to measure experimentally. Researchers are turning to computer simulations to study fusion.
June 2007
From deep freeze to furnace
What happens when hydrogen pellets frozen to near absolute zero are shot into a plasma more than six times hotter than the sun?