It also plays a major role in plasma physics, especially as it pertains to nuclear fusion. In the case of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) the rapidly laser-heated pellet of deuterium-tritium ...

More information: Hui Chen et al, Understanding the deficiency in inertial confinement fusion hohlraum X-ray flux predictions using experiments at the National Ignition Facility, Physical Review E ...

such as the horrendous inefficiency demonstrated by the laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). This makes it rather fascinating that what General ...

There are two approaches to achieving fusion in the lab: inertial confinement fusion, which uses powerful lasers, and magnetic confinement fusion, which uses powerful magnets. While the ...

Creating a clean energy source is the dream we are all striving for,” says Texas A&M engineer Dr. T.S. Satish Bukkapatnam who ...

The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested ...

Therefore, hot plasma can be confined by strong magnetic fields. Inertial confinement fusion This approach is based on maximizing density by the rapid compression and heating of a small solid DT ...

In a comprehensive experimental study, an international team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading ...

The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.

The startup General Fusion is working on nuclear fusion and is taking a different approach to its competitors. For the first time, the Canadians have succeeded in generating a plasma in the Lawson ...