Of Interest archive
2014
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…
6 May 2014
Pushing negative ion beam technology to the extreme
The newly commissioned ELISE test facility has begun operation at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Science (IPP) in Garching, Germany…
6 May 2014
Wendelstein 7-X ready to switch on
On 20 May, the world will witness a welcome staging post in the quest to develop nuclear fusion, when Germany's Max Planck Institute for…
6 May 2014
From ITER back to Europe
The European Commission has appointed Maria de Aires Soares as the Head of its Representation in Portugal. She will take up office on 16…
5 May 2014
Sun's fractal surprise could help fusion on Earth
THE sun has thrown us a fractal surprise. An unexpected pattern has been glimpsed in the solar wind, the turbulent plasma of charged…
29 Apr 2014
Top Ten Reasons for ITER
As climate change becomes a serious national security threat, we must look to the future for a clean, safe and sustainable source of…
29 Apr 2014
Could Knots Unravel Mysteries of Fluid Flow?
Spaghetti-thin shoelaces, sturdy hawsers, silk cravats — all are routinely tied in knots. So too, physicists believe, are water, air and…
29 Apr 2014
Tony Donné appointed EUROfusion programme manager
On April 23 the General Assembly of European Fusion Research Units appointed Tony Donné as Programme Manager for the consortium EUROfusion,…
25 Apr 2014
JET to shoot for nuclear fusion record
The JET experiment in Oxfordshire was opened in 1984 to understand fusion - the process that powers the Sun. Prof Steve Cowley told the…
24 Apr 2014
Calming Plasma's Stormy Seas
For decades, controlled nuclear fusion has held the promise of a safe, clean, sustainable energy source that could help wean the world…
18 Apr 2014
7th ITER International School
The 7th ITER International School will be held on 25-29 August 2014 at ITER on the first day and downtown Aix-en-Provence…
17 Apr 2014
A short guide to fusion energy
In theory, it's possible to shoot some energy at hydrogen and get even more energy back. The process is called thermonuclear fusion, and…
9 Apr 2014
"We may have a tale to tell our grandchildren"
On this day in 1984, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II offically inaugurated the JET installation at Culham Center for Fusion…