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
The device sustained a high-confinement plasma for over 1000 seconds
Read article: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak smashes fusion confinement record
The SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak operates with a 'negative triangularity' configuration
Read article: SMART spherical tokamak produces its first plasma
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
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
Engineers and physicists have met to discuss the challenges and opportunities of building a practical fusion power plant in the UK
Read article: UK reveals next STEPs toward prototype fusion power plant
Guy Matthews says that the focus on public relations is masking the challenges of commercializing nuclear fusion
Read article: Fusion’s public-relations drive is obscuring the challenges that lie ahead
The Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility would test different approaches to stellarator magnetic confinement
Read article: US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility
In this podcast we chat about small-scale fusion and a familiar yet mysterious force
Read article: Zap Energy targets fusion power without magnets, Claudia de Rham on the beauty of gravity
Full operation with deuterium and tritium is not expected until 2039
Read article: ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
