DIII-D researchers create barriers to separate core heat from the cooler edge of a tokamak
New simulations show diamond shells can cool plasmas more efficiently and prevent runaway electrons.
Extreme-scale turbulence simulation and AI discover a formula to predict the crucial exhaust heat-load width in future tokamak fusion reactors.
Researchers use a supercomputer to understand the mysterious “isotope effect” for better fusion reactors.
Researchers address the challenge of integrating the hot core and the cooler edge of a fusion plasma.
A new room-temperature superconductor could spark a revolution.
Transport effects raise the density in the plasma core.
Experiments reveal relationship between density of matter & extreme pressure in stellar objects, putting constraints on models of white dwarf stars.
A technique that suppresses damaging instabilities also improves the exhaust of helium ‘ash’ in the DIII-D tokamak, improving conditions for fusion.
Novel Convolutional Neural Network combined with advanced microscopy offers a path to automated and reliable radiation defect analysis.