There are only a few so-called "heaters" in the world - special facilities which create artificial plasma processes in the upper atmosphere by heating them. Senior Research Associate of the Near Space ...

A team of U.S. scientists has made a surprising discovery that could help bring fusion energy, a long-hoped-for clean energy source, closer to reality. In a recent experiment at the University of ...

"Research is advancing to efficiently confine ... and harness its immense energy." Scientists make 'world-first discovery' ...

Alfvén accelerator: artist’s illustration of how Alfvén waves in Earth’s magnetic field can accelerate the electrons responsible for intense auroras. (Courtesy: Austin Montelius/University of Iowa) ...

In 1991, scientists working on a pioneering energy facility made a a momentous breakthrough, achieving the controlled release of nuclear fusion power for the first time. In 1997, the Joint European ...

Korea institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) said on the 27th that it has begun its 2025 experiment with the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) device, aiming to secure plasma operation ...

Ben Penaflor is computer systems manager at General Atomics, which operates the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, California, for the US Department of Energy. This post is part of a series ...

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)—operators of the world's largest particle physics lab—have conducted a groundbreaking experiment demonstrating a new technique for ...