announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) system. Their work has now been peer-reviewed and passed scrutiny, confirming ...

(Courtesy: D Barlow) A new algorithmic technique could enhance the output of fusion reactors by smoothing out the laser pulses used to compress hydrogen to fusion densities. Developed by physicists at ...

A US science institute is on the verge of achieving a longstanding goal in nuclear fusion research. The National Ignition ...

Physicist Tammy Ma explains how her team achieved fusion ignition, a crucial milestone powered by the world's largest laser. About Tammy Ma Plasma physicist Tammy Ma leads the Inertial Fusion ...

HB11, which focuses on laser-boron fusion, takes an approach that might just circumvent this conundrum. By commercializing specific components in fusion’s vast technological puzzle, HB11 has ...

Focused Energy, a startup specializing in laser fusion for clean energy, is relocating its U.S. headquarters from Austin to ...

SAN FRANCISCO--A start-up that a Nobel laureate co-founded plans to commercialize a nuclear fusion reactor using laser technology by around 2030. Shuji Nakamura, co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel ...

This comprehensive text covers fundamental concepts including electromagnetics and electrostatic waves, parameter instabilities, laser driven fusion,charged particle acceleration and gamma rays. Two ...

Iter will take a different approach to the laser-driven fusion at NIF; the facility in southern France will use magnetic fields to contain hot plasma - electrically-charged gas. This concept is ...