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Demonstration of hot-spot fuel gain exceeding unity in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions. Nature Physics , 2024; DOI: 10.1038/s41567-023-02363-2 Cite This Page : ...

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.

The quest for energy production from controlled nuclear fusion reactions has been ongoing for many decades. Here, the inertial confinement fusion approach, based on heating and compressing a fuel ...

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 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 ...

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 like an airplane without wings or propeller, that you throw into the air with a slingshot, and then reason “Well, we just have to set up slingshots every couple ...

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.