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New Fusion Milestone with Tungsten ‘WEST’ Tokamak Sustains Super-Hot Plasma for Record-Breaking Six Minutes

Micah Hanks·May 6, 2024

A record-breaking milestone in fusion has been achieved using a device internally clad in tungsten, according to researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

Department of Energy Fusion Discovery Could Allow Physicists to Tame Volatile Plasmas

Micah Hanks·April 16, 2024

A new strategy toward using fusion to produce electricity combines two methods of managing plasma to allow greater overall flexibility.

U.S. Dept. of Energy Plasma Discovery Unravels Odd Solar Phenomenon, Offers Clues to Cosmic Mysteries

Micah Hanks·December 26, 2022

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) say they have untangled a solar mystery, in a breakthrough that could help resolve many lingering questions in astrophysics.

Plasma Thruster New Option for Deep Space Exploration

Christopher Plain·December 23, 2021

Researchers have developed a new plasma thruster design that they say can open the door to longer range...

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New Fusion Milestone with Tungsten ‘WEST’ Tokamak Sustains Super-Hot Plasma for Record-Breaking Six Minutes

Department of Energy Fusion Discovery Could Allow Physicists to Tame Volatile Plasmas

U.S. Dept. of Energy Plasma Discovery Unravels Odd Solar Phenomenon, Offers Clues to Cosmic Mysteries

Plasma Thruster New Option for Deep Space Exploration

“Drone Fever” Strikes Eastern U.S. as FBI Joins Investigations of Alleged Mystery UAVs

A Former White House Official Discusses UAP and ‘Edge Science’

The Mystery Drones

New Discoveries in the Deep Ocean?

The Nashville Bombing, an In-Depth Analysis of this Bizarre Event

Four Submarines All Vanished in the Early Months of 1968. The Story Behind Their Disappearances Remains a Cold War Mystery.

With Future Mars Missions on the Horizon, Participants in NASA’s CHAPEA Simulation Face Real World Challenges