Of Interest archive
2013
4 Aug 2013
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How we will live in 100 years
It's a Friday afternoon and you've left the office after a busy week. You hail a driverless cab, powered by nuclear fusion, that takes you…
3 Aug 2013
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Nuclear fusion—your time has come!
Every year, one typical coal-fired power station devours several million tons of fuel and produces even more carbon dioxide. The…
2 Aug 2013
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Hydrogen beam injector guides plasma physics research
The Madison Symmetric Torus, a leading piece of equipment in plasma physics research for more than 20 years, recently gained a new…
1 Aug 2013
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Recovering tritium from JET's waste
ENEA and CEA have developed a membrane process and a palladium-based reactor to extract tritium from JET's housekeeping waste. Compared to…
31 Jul 2013
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Snowflakes spread the heat
Scientists from the Swiss Associate CRPP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory received the…
30 Jul 2013
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Using a fusion fission hybrid reactor to burn nuclear waste
Nuclear power is actually the safest form of power generation in existence, including all forms of renewables and hydrocarbons. Scientists…
29 Jul 2013
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A dying star is reborn in a lab
Astronomer Don Winget studies stars, yet his targets are never more than yards away. For the past two years, Winget and his colleagues at…
28 Jul 2013
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China's space program has helium 3 in mind
China's interest in space is prompted by far more than mere curiosity, as space development will lead to tremendous economic, scientific…
27 Jul 2013
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University of Tennessee, ORNL lead national project to study nuclear fusion reactor materials
A research team at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory will receive USD 4.1 million during the next five years to…
26 Jul 2013
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Benefits of thorium as alternative nuclear fuel are 'overstated'
The benefits of an alternative nuclear fuel that could offer a safer and more abundant alternative to the uranium that powers conventional…
25 Jul 2013
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Antimatter and fusion drives could power future spaceships
Nuclear fusion reactions sparked by beams of antimatter could be propelling ultra-fast spaceships on long journeys before the end of the…
24 Jul 2013
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The boy who played with fusion
Taylor Wilson stood at the front of the auditorium, shifting from foot to foot and adjusting his suit sleeves like any other 18-year-old…
23 Jul 2013
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Cryostat contractor Larsen & Toubro jumps 5.3% in 3 days
Shares of Larsen & Toubro Ltd (India) have jumped 5.31% in three trading sessions after the company said on Wednesday, 12…
22 Jul 2013
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Fusion-fission hybrid could destroy nuclear waste
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a new system that, when fully developed, would use fusion to eliminate most…
21 Jul 2013
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Laser fusion nears energy gain?
Laser based fusion is nearing the point at which it delivers more energy than it consumes, according to one of the lead researchers working…
20 Jul 2013
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Fusion industry may lose its cool over helium
It's a well known fact that the fusion of tritium and deuterium produces helium. However, a fusion power plant also uses helium — it is a…
19 Jul 2013
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Pillaging the Moon for the promise of space energy
Between 1969 and 1972, Apollo astronauts brought just under 842 pounds of rocks and regolith back from the Moon. In 1985, engineers at the…
18 Jul 2013
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Alcator C-Mod may lose funds
President Obama's budget request to Congress for fiscal year 2013, announced in February, proposed to shut down MIT's federally-funded…
17 Jul 2013
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Small Canadian firm plans prototype nuclear fusion test for 2014
A small Canadian firm is aiming to beat world governments and international research teams in the race to commercialise a nuclear fusion…
16 Jul 2013
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Thin current sheets in space: where the action is
The Universe is filled with plasma, a charged gas consisting of ions and electrons. Thin sheets with currents separate large plasma regions…