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Of Interest archive

2014

1 Oct 2014

Headquarters extension handed over to ITER

​The extension to the ITER Headquarters to the ITER Organization was handed over on 30 September in a ceremony during which Tim…
1 Oct 2014

Physicists use supercomputer to gain insight into plasma dynamics

​Studying the intricacies and mysteries of the sun is physicist Wendell Horton life's work. A widely known authority on plasma physics, his…
30 Sep 2014

28th Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT 2014) opens

​The leading event worldwide for the exchange information on the design, construction and operation of fusion experiments—and on the…
30 Sep 2014

CERN: 60 years of peaceful collaboration for science

On Monday 29 September, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, celebrated its 60th anniversary with an event attended…
29 Sep 2014

The CERN-ITER collaboration

​In November 2006, the last LHC dipole and quadrupole cold masses arrived at CERN, signalling the end of the industrial construction of the…
29 Sep 2014

Helium 3: How it all began

​The University of Wisconsin Fusion Technology Institute, founded in 1971, has been a leader in fusion and plasma physics research, with a…
24 Sep 2014

Entering the Low Carbon Age

​For its fourth edition, the Low Carbon Earth Summit confirmed its role as a major annual event attracting an international audience…
24 Sep 2014

​Second delivery of components to ITER

On 18 September, three trucks arrived from Italy loaded with equipment for ITER's Steady State Electrical Network (SSEN). The high voltage…
23 Sep 2014

US plans for future of fusion research

​As the international ITER project to develop an experimental nuclear fusion reactor eats into research budgets around the world, an…
23 Sep 2014

Sandia magnetized fusion technique produces significant results

​Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories' Z machine have produced a significant output of fusion neutrons, using a method fully…
19 Sep 2014

​Cryostat Workshop ready for equipment

On 8-9 September the final acceptance meeting was held for the Cryostat Workshop. This 5,500-square-metre building will be the theatre for…
18 Sep 2014

PPPL provides insight to how magnetic reconnection energizes plasma particles

​The process of magnetic field line reconnection, in which the magnetic field lines in a plasma snap apart and violently reconnect,…
18 Sep 2014

Cosmic hybrid

​A weird type of 'hybrid' star has been discovered nearly 40 years since it was first theorized — but until now has been curiously…
16 Sep 2014

Wendelstein 7-X on track for first plasma in 2015

​After a decade of construction, the Wendelstein 7-X experiment (W7-X) is now its commissioning phase. Work is underway to install…
15 Sep 2014

ITER's Arnaud Devred receives IEEE award

On 11 August, during the opening session of this year's Applied Superconductivity Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina (US), ITER's…
15 Sep 2014

Latest ITER Games draw close to 250 competitors

Last Saturday 13 September, the fourth edition of the ITER Games attracted a crowd of close to 250 competitors and their supporters for an…
15 Sep 2014

FuseNet PhD Event in November

This year's FuseNet PhD Event will take place on 18—20 November in Lisbon, Portugal. Organized by the University of Lisbon under…
11 Sep 2014

Read the latest news from the IPFN fusion institute in Portugal

​The latest newsletter from the IPFN Institute in Portugal (Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear) is available here.
11 Sep 2014

World's largest metals research consortium to be established with EUR 1bn funding

​The world's largest research consortium in the field of metals research and manufacturing is to be created by European industry in the…
10 Sep 2014

Hutch Neilson in Germany to pave way for US participation in Wendelstein 7-X

​Hutch Neilson, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's (PPPL's) head of Advanced Projects, is saying "auf wiedersehen" to the lab for…