Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made).Researchers at ...

Inertial confinement fusion is just one method scientists have used to get reactions going. Other methods involve creating plasma—an electrically charged gas—and using magnets to circulate it ...

In NIF experiments, scientists use a device called a hohlraum—approximately the size of a pencil eraser—to convert laser energy into X-rays, which then compress a fuel capsule to achieve fusion.

Inertial confinement fusion is a process that initiates nuclear fusion reactions by rapidly compressing and heating capsules filled with fuel, in this case, isotopes of hydrogen.

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research underpins the ongoing quest to replicate the nuclear fusion processes that power the stars within a controlled laboratory environment. By using intense ...

Scientists from the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) led experiments to demonstrate an effective "spark plug" for direct-drive methods of inertial confinement fusion ...

The condiment's unique—and, to some, off-putting—texture serves as a useful tool in studying phase transitions in capsules that contain fuel for fusion.

GA team wins R&D 100 Professional Award for developing history-making technologies that support fusion ignition Members of the Metrology Research and Development team working with the 4Pi system ...

And that’s just for inertial confinement. Another method of achieving fusion, called magnetic confinement fusion, relies on holding plasma (a state of matter where atoms are stripped of their ...

“We’re still working on the same problem, which is the structural integrity of fusion capsules used in inertial confinement fusion, and Hellmann’s Real Mayonnaise is still helping us in the ...

Inertial confinement fusion is a process that initiates nuclear fusion reactions by rapidly compressing and heating capsules filled with fuel, in this case, isotopes of hydrogen.

Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear fusion. “We’re still working on the same problem, which is the structural integrity of fusion capsules ...