Of Interest archive

2014

3 Jun 2014

Register now for the J-PARC Science Symposium in Japan

The 2nd International Symposium on Science at J-PARC will be held from 12 to 15 July 2014 in Tsukuba (Ibaraki) Japan. Hosted by the J-PARC…
2 Jun 2014

BBC World Service Discovery broadcasts a documentary on ITER

​ITER is the most complex experiment ever attempted on this planet. Its aim, to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the power of the Sun, can…
2 Jun 2014

Sustainable nuclear energy for a new generation

​ Scientist puts forward a sustainable energy plan where nuclear fuel is created using magnetic or laser fusion. News accounts are coming…
28 May 2014

WEST newsletter # 5 just published

At Cadarache (south of France), the Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research (CEA/DSM/IRFM) is modifying the Tore Supra plasma…
26 May 2014

ITER Day in Moscow: attracting the best minds

​On 21 May, directly after the regular class schedule, students, graduates and young scientists of the Moscow Institute of Physics and…
23 May 2014

Convoy passing through the Caronte Canal

​A six-kilometre-long channel, the Canal de Caronte, leads from the Mediterranean Gulf of Fos into the inland sea Étang de Berre. At its…
22 May 2014

Pulsing power into the machine

​ITER's Pulsed Power Electrical Network (PPEN) will supply alternating current (AC) power to the machine's superconducting coils and…
21 May 2014

European labs to design the fast-ion diagnostic for ITER

​The European Domestic Agency for ITER, Fusion for Energy, has signed a four-year Framework Partnership Agreement with a consortium formed…
21 May 2014

Superconductivity and magnetism in Turkey

​Every other year, Turkey organizes the International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism (ICSM). On 27 April-2 May, the fourth…
20 May 2014

UK discovery 'starts race' to turn light into matter

​ Physicists have uncovered a surprisingly straightforward strategy for turning light into matter.   The design, published in Nature…
20 May 2014

Latest issue of 'Fusion in Europe' online

Visit the EFDA website to read the May issue of Fusion in Europe on line. Article highlights include the latest news on the establishment…
18 May 2014

A conversation with Prof. Predhiman Krishan Kaw

In this video, Prof. Predhiman Krishan Kaw, the former Director of the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) in Gandhinagar, India,…
16 May 2014

India and the historic global effort to find new energy

The energy source for the future is being incubated in Gandhinagar. Scientists of the city-based Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) are…
16 May 2014

Preparations for the operation of Wendelstein 7-X starting at IPP Greifswald

​After years of calculation, planning, component production and installation, the Wendelstein 7-X project is now entering a new phase: in…
16 May 2014

5 years, $2.5 million to explore hot edge of fusion plasmas

​Physicist Brian Grierson of the US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has won a highly competitive…
16 May 2014

Nuclear startups reimagine atomic energy

​To most people, the outlook for nuclear power wouldn't seem bright. The Fukushima disaster in Japan three years ago increased public…
14 May 2014

A letter from the ITER Director-General on the meeting of the Fourteenth ITER Council

The ITER Project is a global project that brings together seven Members: China, the European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the…
8 May 2014

Back to the future: are we about to crack fusion energy?

Can we harness the energy of an earth-bound sun? It's a question that has obsessed and perplexed scientists for more than half a century…
7 May 2014

Tokamak tales from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

Want to know what it's like to work in fusion? In a new blog from the Culhan Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), graduate physicists and…
7 May 2014

Northern lights' physics could aid in nuclear fusion

​The aurora is more than just a breathtaking display of light. It may also hold the secret of a magnetic phenomenon related to the nuclear…