Is Nuclear Fusion the Energy of the Future? Scientists Try To Harness the Power of the Stars

Medicine & Technology Jun 06, 2023

Scientists attempt to achieve an important milestone in nuclear fusion technology and investigate its potential in mitigating the consequences of climate change. Find out more about it in this article.

Fusion Energy Gives Off Spaghetti-Like Powers as Tokamaks Get Hotter

Sep 28, 2022

Read on to know scientists should control the unruly plasma that fusion energy gives off when tokamaks get hot.

Greenwald Limit Exceeds Twice Its Capacity; Plasma and Fusion Reaction Can Produce More Energy Than Previously Thought

May 18, 2022

A new study from EPFL revealed that the ITER tokamak could surpass its limits and create more energy than previous calculations. Learn more about how the process works.

Fusion Rocket Thruster: A Concept Developed By a Female Physicists that Could Send Us to Mars

Feb 03, 2021

Dr. Fatima Ebrahimi, a physicist at PPPL, has discovered a unique concept of a fusion rocket launcher that will make space travel shorter.

Rare, "Ghostly" Sun Particles Found Under A Mountain in Italy

Jul 27, 2020

In a surprising discovery, physicists have detected a rare, ghostly particle previously thought to be only produced inside the sun--but now, under a mountain in Italy as well.

Nuclear Fusion and All Its Advantages May Be Achieved, If a New “Tokamak” Design Is Effective

Jan 20, 2020

The search for practical, renewable, and endless power is what nuclear engineers want. Developing the process of nuclear fusion into a virtually endless power source, to power the development of mankind, and aspirations for cheaper sources of energy.

Fusion Energy Capture Possible Through Machine Learning

May 18, 2019

Study reveals how machine learning makes fusion energy capture possible

China’s Supercomputer Tianhe-2 Reigns Supreme

Nov 18, 2014

While the U.S. and the E.U may lead the pack in many sectors of technological advancements, and the concept of smart cities, it’s China’s supercomputers that continue to reign supreme. Commemorating the opening day of the SC14 Supercomputing Show in New Orleans, Monday Nov. 17, a team of researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee and German tech company Prometeus issued the 2014 list of the top 500 most powerful computing systems in the world. And though the race was close this year, China’s massive Tianhe-2 supercomputer topped the list at No.1, for the fourth time in a row.