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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 ...

A paper on fusion neutron sources by a team from the United States of America’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochester has won the IAEA’s annual Nuclear Fusion prize.

“If we could not ignite capsules in the laboratory, you could not see a pathway to an inertial confinement fusion energy plant,” she said. “So this was a necessary first step.” ...

Warm dense matter (WDM) combines features of solid, liquid and gaseous phases. Until now, simulating this exotic state of matter accurately has been considered a major challenge. An international team ...

It can be found inside gas giants such as Jupiter and is briefly created during meteorite impacts or in laser fusion experiments: warm dense matter ...

Neil Alexander, General Atomics director of Inertial Fusion Energy, will serve as director of the TINEX Collaborative, with SLAC senior staff scientist Arianna Gleason serving as the deputy director.

A type of robotic system for 3-D precision Micro-assembly was described, which can be used to assemble the micro Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) target which was made up of two Half-hohlraum ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...