The ions must be held together in close proximity at high temperature with a confinement time long enough to avoid cooling. Nowadays, there are two main approaches for fusion energy research: Magnetic ...

Scientists use magnetic confinement devices to manipulate plasmas. The most common fusion reactors of that kind are tokamaks and stellarators. Currently, these are the most promising concepts for ...

Fusion energy, the process of fusing light atomic nuclei to generate energy, has long been considered the key to a clean and ...

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

The success of such experiments depends on multiple key factors, including optimized magnetic fields that could display enhanced fusion plasma confinement. Introduced by researchers at Laboratorio ...

Despite this, it’s good to see that the NIF’s ICF research is bearing fruit, even if for energy production we should look towards magnetic confinement fusion (MCF), which includes the many ...

In particular, he has focused on solving problems related to the physics of runaway electrons – a kind of energy leakage – and other energetic particles in magnetic confinement fusion devices.