Of Interest archive

2014

9 Apr 2014

Applications open for F4E summer internships

​Interested in a career in fusion? Want to gain practical experience in a European working environment? The European Domestic Agency…
9 Apr 2014

German Physical Society announces "The Physics of ITER"

​From 22-26 September, a Physics School will be organized by the Germany Physical Society DPG at the Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef, Germany…
7 Apr 2014

How a new star will be born

​The ITER project is truly at the frontier of knowledge, a collective effort to explore the tantalizing future of free, clean and…
2 Apr 2014

Agence Iter France director to co-preside Eurofusion

​Director of Agence Iter France, former director of JET (2000-2006) and former head of the European Fusion Development Agreement EFDA (2006…
2 Apr 2014

Questions and answers with Stephen Dean and Daniel Clery

​Two recently published books describe the history of nuclear fusion research. Search for the Ultimate Energy Source: A history of the US…
31 Mar 2014

ITER site works popular on YouTube

​The European Domestic Agency, with responsibility for the construction of the 39 buildings of the ITER installation, launched its first…
31 Mar 2014

ITER at the Cité des Sciences in Paris

​An exposition on ITER is running from now until 8 June at the Cité des Sciences (Parc de la Villette, Paris). Combining different media…
27 Mar 2014

ITER represented at NewGen future energy forum in Moscow

​The ITER Project is present at this week's NewGen—Future Energy forum in Moscow, where industry and political actors from Russia and…
25 Mar 2014

Puffing hydrogen for self-protection

​Researchers of the FOM Institute DIFFER have discovered that the wall material of a fusion reactor can shield itself from high…
25 Mar 2014

14 Million Yomiuri readers will hear about ITER

​With a combined morning and evening circulation of more than 14 million, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun is number one among the world…
25 Mar 2014

25 years ago: "The scientific fiasco of the century"

​Twenty five years ago, University of Utah scientists announced a discovery that touched off a worldwide sensation. "Basically, we've…
24 Mar 2014

Researchers model spent nuclear fuels

Lawrence Livermore scientists have modeled actinide-based alloys, such as spent nuclear fuel, in an effort to predict the impact of…
21 Mar 2014

Making synthetic diamond crystals in a plasma reactor

​Diamonds are highly sought after as jewelry and as a form of capital investment. They are also prized by the research community, but not…
20 Mar 2014

Indian community celebrates Holi festival

​Holi Hai!!   Holi, the Indian festival of colours (also known as the festival of love), is a celebration of the arrival of…
14 Mar 2014

Busy days in China

​During a recent visit to China, ITER Director-General Osamu Motojima met with high-level representatives of government and had the…
13 Mar 2014

More than a year in Provence

​In the Spring issue of InFusion, a publication from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), Mike Walsh, head of the …
11 Mar 2014

World's largest energy initiative comes to Wollongong

​One of the people responsible for the manufacture of the magnet system at the heart of ITER presented a special guest seminar…
11 Mar 2014

What's the Moon Worth?

​Without the moon, we probably wouldn't exist.  In that sense, the moon's value is infinite -- but what if you wanted to put a dollar…
9 Mar 2014

Dhiraj Bora on fusion

Dhiraj Bora, present Director of the Institute for Plasma Research, Gujarat and former ITER Deputy-Director General, explains what a fusion…
9 Mar 2014

Spitzer: Fusion Vs Fission

​When a science-mad artificial intelligence system (voiced by GLaDOS actress Ellen McLain) is installed at NASA, two hapless computer…