Nuclear fusion Research update Electrochemical loading boosts deuterium fusion in a palladium target Benchtop accelerator links electrochemistry to fusion science Read article: Electrochemical loading boosts deuterium fusion in a palladium target
Nuclear fusion Blog Lee Packer: ‘There’s no fundamental physical reason why fusion energy won’t work’ Lee Packer delivered the Cockcroft Walton lecture series across three institutions in India earlier this year Read article: Lee Packer: ‘There’s no fundamental physical reason why fusion energy won’t work’
Nuclear fusion Blog Simulation of capsule implosions during laser fusion wins Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Outstanding Paper Prize The work is an important step to understanding the physics at the heart of inertial confinement fusion Read article: Simulation of capsule implosions during laser fusion wins Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Outstanding Paper Prize
Nuclear fusion News General Fusion lays off staff due to ‘unexpected and urgent financing constraints’ Canadian firm says it is needs to “navigate a difficult environment” Read article: General Fusion lays off staff due to ‘unexpected and urgent financing constraints’
Nuclear fusion Blog Fusion industry meets in London to discuss ‘one of the economic opportunities of the century’ The inaugural Fusion Fest by Economist Impact featured more than 450 attendees from around the world Read article: Fusion industry meets in London to discuss ‘one of the economic opportunities of the century’
Nuclear fusion Feature The quest for better fusion reactors is putting a new generation of superconductors to the test How do we predict the lifetime of superconductors when they are subjected to conditions that cannot yet be recreated anywhere on Earth? Read article: The quest for better fusion reactors is putting a new generation of superconductors to the test
Nuclear fusion News China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak smashes fusion confinement record The device sustained a high-confinement plasma for over 1000 seconds Read article: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak smashes fusion confinement record
Nuclear fusion Blog SMART spherical tokamak produces its first plasma The SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak operates with a 'negative triangularity' configuration Read article: SMART spherical tokamak produces its first plasma
Nuclear fusion Research update Optimization algorithm gives laser fusion a boost Simulations suggest that iterative technique could increase the energy output of direct-drive inertial confinement fusion Read article: Optimization algorithm gives laser fusion a boost
Business and innovation Opinion and reviews Fusion, the Web and electric planes: how spin-offs from big science are transforming the world James McKenzie looks at some of the unexpected spin-offs from big science Read article: Fusion, the Web and electric planes: how spin-offs from big science are transforming the world