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Spinning Fusion Fuel for Efficiency

A new method to increase fusion-fuel efficiency would involve aligning the quantum spin of deuterium and tritium and changing the mix of the two fuels. The approach could boost tritium-burn efficiency by up to 10 times, reducing tritium needs and...
19-Nov-2024 8:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

To expand the potential use of diamond in semiconductor and quantum technologies, researchers are developing improved processes for growing the material at lower temperatures that won’t damage the silicon in computer chips. These advances include...
5-Nov-2024 8:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Researchers Find Clues to the Mysterious Heating of the Sun’s Atmosphere

PPPL researchers have made a significant advancement in understanding the underlying heating mechanism of the sun’s atmosphere, finding that reflected plasma waves could drive the heating of coronal holes.
11-Oct-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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New AI Models of Plasma Heating Lead to Important Corrections in Computer Code Used for Fusion Research

New artificial intelligence models for plasma heating can do more than was previously thought possible, not only increasing the prediction speed 10 million times while preserving accuracy but also correctly predicting plasma heating in cases where...
9-Oct-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Stopping Off-the-Wall Behavior in Fusion Reactors

New experimental results suggest that sprinkling boron into a tokamak could shield the wall of the fusion vessel and prevent atoms from the wall from getting into the plasma. A new computer modeling framework shows the boron powder may only need to...
7-Oct-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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A New and Unique Fusion Reactor Comes Together with PPPL's Contributions

As part of the global effort to harness power from fusing plasma, PPPL and the University of Seville’s Plasma Science and Fusion Technology Lab worked on the computer codes, engineering and physics for a new and unique fusion reactor: the SMall...
30-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Un nuevo y único reactor de fusión culmina su construcción con la contribución de PPPL

Como parte del esfuerzo internacional para el desarrollo de la fusión nuclear como fuente de energía, PPPL contribuye al desarrollo y explotación científica del SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak, SMART, de la Universidad de Sevilla, con algunas de las...
30-Sep-2024 8:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Replacing Hype About Artificial Intelligence with Accurate Measurements of Success

A new paper in Nature Machine Intelligence notes that journal articles reporting how well machine learning models solve certain kinds of equations are often overly optimistic. The researchers suggest two rules for reporting results and systemic...
23-Sep-2024 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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PPPL expert details plans for a fusion pilot plant for presidential advisors

Article describes presentation to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology the report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine that calls for rapidly assembling public, private and university...
11-Nov-2021 12:05 PM EST

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Steve Cowley: The knight who leads the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has “the most fun job”

Profile of Steve Cowley, new director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory whom the Queen of England knighted in October.
5-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST

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An Interview with Shannon Swilley Greco, New Vice Chair of the APS Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public

Shannon Swilley Greco, a program leader in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Science Education Office, is vice chair elect of the American Physical Society's Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public.
1-Oct-2018 3:05 PM EDT

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PPPL Collaborators Congratulate Team at Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Reactor

2-Feb-2016 4:05 PM EST

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