Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem
Credit: Pamela Serai A challenge to creating fusion energy on Earth is trapping the charged gas known as plasma that ...
Tag: Nuclear Physics
An accurate simulation of high-pressure plasma for an economical helical fusion reactor
Credit: National Institute for Fusion Science The research team of Assistant Professor Masahiko Sato and Professor Yasushi Todo of the ...
Analyzing matter’s building blocks
JSA/Jefferson Lab's Nathan Isgur Fellow in Nuclear Theory, Nobuo Sato, is developing a 'FemtoAnalyzer' with a new grant from the ...
The nature of nuclear forces imprinted in photons
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN IFJ PAN scientists together with colleagues from the University of Milano (Italy) and other countries confirmed ...
Scientists develop new tool to design better fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications One way that scientists seek to bring to Earth the fusion process ...
MSU researchers team with colleagues in $3.7M project to advance nuclear physics
Credit: Credit: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams EAST LANSING, Mich. - Five Michigan State University (MSU) researchers from the Facility ...
A step forward in solving the reactor-neutrino flux problem
Credit: Igor Ostrovskiy/University of Alabama Joint effort of the nuclear theory group at the University of Jyvaskyla and the international ...
A proven method for stabilizing efforts to bring fusion power to Earth
Credit: Photo by Alessandro Bortolon. Composite by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications. All efforts to replicate in tokamak fusion facilities ...
Radioactive cloud over Europe had civilian background
Isotope measurements on air filters: researchers investigated undeclared nuclear release / Study in "Nature Communications"Credit: Dorian Zok/LUH A mysterious cloud ...
Snapshot of exploding oxygen
New experimental technique with Goethe University's reaction microscope allows 'X-ray' of individual moleculesCredit: Till Jahnke, Goethe University Frankfurt "The smaller ...
Physicists study mirror nuclei for precision theory test
A precision measurement of helium and hydrogen mirror isotopes reveals new questions in understanding of nuclear structureCredit: DOE's Jefferson Lab ...
New research shows how complex chemistry may be relevant to origins of life on Earth
A popular model suggests life on Earth began with RNA. A recent study reveals how RNA precursors can arise from ...
Cracking open the proton
Frontera guides development of new instrumentation for future COMPASS++/AMBER experiment at CERN and prepares COMPASS data for final analysisCredit: Caroline ...
Finnish researchers have discovered a new type of matter inside neutron stars
Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC - IT Center for Science A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence ...
Return of the Blob: Surprise link found to edge turbulence in fusion plasma
Credit: Photo courtesy of Physics of Plasmas. Composition by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications. Blobs can wreak havoc in plasma required ...
Discovery about the edge of fusion plasma could help realize fusion power
Credit: Photos by Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications and Krell Institute; composite by Elle Starkman. A major roadblock to producing ...
Capturing the coordinated dance between electrons and nuclei in a light-excited molecule
Revealing both sides of the story in a single experiment has been a grand scientific challengeCredit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator ...
Developing microbeam radiation therapy (MRT) for inoperable cancer
Credit: Canadian Light Source, University of Saskatchewan SASKATOON - An innovative radiation treatment that could one day be a valuable ...
Filming quantic measurement for the first time
The results show that it is not an instant processCredit: University of Sevile Quantum physics deals with microscopic systems such ...
Quantum jump tipping the balance
Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atomsCredit: MPI for Nuclear Physics A ...