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US completes first key magnet for apple-shaped nuclear fusion reactor
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has announced the completion of the intricate process of building the first ...
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The wonder material which could hold the key to near-limitless energy
Greg shows me DEMO-4 a prototype spherical magnetic bottle they're about to test. "This is, without doubt, the most advanced HTS magnet that's ever been built and it's going to tell us more than ...
Earth’s Magnetic Pole Has Officially Moved—Again
To keep accurate tabs on this ever-changing magnetic north, scientists developed the World Magnetic Model (WMM). Updated every five years, this spherical harmonic model allows navigational systems ...
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Globus-M2 Tokamak advances small-scale nuclear fusion
The Globus-M2 spherical tokamak that Bakharev his team are working on may be an important first step towards this goal. Tokamaks confine plasma – a hot, ionized gas – using magnetic fields ...