Creating and sustaining fusion reactions—essentially recreating star-like conditions on Earth—is extremely difficult, and ...

A new Zap research paper, published last week in Nuclear Fusion, details neutron isotropy measurements from the FuZE device that provide the best validation yet that Zap’s sheared-flow-stabilized Z ...

For decades, fusion researchers struggled with neutron isotropy, a key indicator of scalable plasma stability. Zap Energy’s ...

Ariel Cohen is a D.C.-based contributor who covers energy and security A fusion reaction does not contradict the known fundamentals of physics. The problems scientists encounter are one of ...

In 2023, the fusion reactor—operated by the Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS)—successfully contained a steady-state high-confinement (or H ...

A nuclear fusion reactor in China, dubbed the "artificial sun," has broken its own record to bring humanity one step closer ...

A meaningful measurement, in more ways than one Besides being a key benchmark for physics progress, neutron isotropy holds extra historical significance for Zap's fusion approach. The Z pinch is ...

This groundbreaking experiment employs cutting-edge cost-effective technology, which represents a step closer to achieving ...

In physics, the term "isotropy" means a system where the properties are the same in all directions. For fusion, neutron energy isotropy is an important measurement that analyzes the streams of ...

Scientists have succeeded in maintaining an "artificial sun" here on Earth for a whopping 17 minutes and 46 seconds.

Hot stuff The first plasma at the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak. (Courtesy: University of Seville) A novel fusion device based at the University of Seville in Spain has achieved its first plasma. The ...

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in Heifei, China, a testbed for the long-awaited (and now delayed) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), successfully contained ...