Additional Press Releases

Magnetic Fusion

Tearing a magnetic field to heat a fusion plasma

Keeping tokamaks toasty: Small fusion machine achieves big breakthrough in energy confinement

A nonlinear wrinkle in the investigation of heating of fusion plasmas by fast ions

Understanding how rotating plasmas can be slowed down

Flying a fusion plasma straight and level when stabilizing plasma flow is reduced

An exhaust system for a high performance fusion engine

New fusion research into slowly rotating plasmas gives favorable results for ITER performance

A little rotation provides a lot of stability

New measurements lead to an improved understanding of Alfvén waves

Overcoming High Heat Flux Roadblock to Fusion Energy

Tokamak Turbulent Transport Coupling Large and Small Eddies

Basic Plasma Science

New discovery on reconnection layer profile of MRX in 2006

High Energy Density Physics

Shock-driven nuclear fusion reactions from nanoplasma explosions

Dynamics of mass transport and magnetic fields in low wire number array z-pinches

Water on giant planets gets a new look

Inertial Fusion

Cryogenic DT and D2 targets for inertial confinement fusion

Low Temperature Plasmas

''Unsociable'' electrons help optimizing plasma devices

Laser and Plasma-Based Accelerators

Fastest Waves Ever Photographed