Gains in one type of disruption force are offset by losses in another
Credit: Photo collage by Elle Starkman Doughnut-shaped tokamaks -- facilities designed to reproduce the fusion energy that powers the sun ...
Tag: Nuclear Physics
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineeringCredit: Berkeley Lab ...
Lehigh University nuclear fusion plasma control expert pursuing global energy goal
Two recently awarded DOE grants fund the work of Eugenio Schuster, who is leading research teams at existing tokamaks that ...
Nuclear reactors with a newly proposed barrier could’ve withstood Chernobyl and Fukushima
Credit: Country of Rosatom In the aftermath of the notorious accidents in the history of nuclear energy at Three Mile ...
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
Researchers from the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) within the Department of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) collaborate ...
Blowing bubbles: PPPL scientist confirms way to launch current in fusion plasmas
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications An obstacle to generating fusion reactions inside facilities called tokamaks is that ...
Nuclear warheads? This robot can find them
Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Trust, but verify. -- Ronald Reagan Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots ...
Warning system for aviation exposure to solar energetic particles (WASAVIES)
Provide ICAO a mandatory information for cosmic ray radiation protection management of aircrewsCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, ...
Time for a nuclear clock
UD's Safronova and collaborators win prestigious 'Synergy Grant' for development of new technology and fundamental physicsCredit: Illustration by Jeffrey C. ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2019
Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable ...
SRNL radiation detection systems operating at ports of Tacoma and NY/NJ
Credit: Dept. of Homeland Security AIKEN, S.C. (Nov. 1, 2019) - After years of development and testing, a radiation detection ...
PPPL findings: Discoveries from fusion to astrophysics at global gathering
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. More than 155 researchers and students -- the largest delegation from the U.S. ...
Theorist takes aim at the makeup of matter
As the Nathan Isgur Postdoctoral Fellow in Nuclear Theory, Nobuo Sato will apply theory to experimental data to ask how ...
Distribution of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealed
Distribution and origin of highly radioactive microparticles in Fukushima revealedCredit: Satoshi Utsunomiya New method allows scientists to create a quantitative ...
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