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Read article: Fusion Symposium looks to ITER and beyond
Fusion researchers from around the world will gather in Germany next week to chart the way forward to commercial fusion reactors. Hamish Johnston surveys what will be on offer in Rostock
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Dan Mistry outlines how industry can compete for valuable fusion contracts
Read article: Tritium–deuterium plasma puts the heat on ITER’s first wall
The UK firm MG Sanders is developing tungsten tile modules that will soon be installed in the Joint European Torus, where the components will be evaluated for use in the ITER fusion reactor. Ian Warri...
New report reinforces earlier conclusion that there is no cause for concern from strangelets or black holes
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Robert P Crease looks at good and bad examples of lab design: do you agree with his choices?
Don Geesman of Argonne National Laboratory is well-known not only for his work on quarks but also for serenading his audience with folk songs about underground neutrino detectors (“For it’s dark a...
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New detectors may help monitor power plants
