Hiroki Kato et al. Synthesis and characterization of diamond capsules for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion, Diamond and Related Materials (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2018.04.010 ...

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 completed several successful attempts to fire 28 kilojoules of laser energy at small capsules filled with ...

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 ...

Roughly 15 use magnetic confinement, with at least eight using inertial methods, the trade group’s data shows. It is unclear how impactful last week’s announcement from the laser field will be ...

A team of researchers investigating the strength of capsules that contain fuel for fusion reactions have turned to a surprising ally in their quest for a better material: mayonnaise.

Magneto-inertial fusion ... which relies on powerful magnetic fields to contain a fusion plasma, or inertial confinement, ... Instead of NIF's array of high-power lasers driving a solid capsule, ...

Now, grants from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics and Sandia National Lab support Bose's research in inertial confinement fusion with applied magnetic fields. “Fusion is what powers everything on ...

"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 search ...