Of Interest archive
2016
12 Sep 2016
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Crowd comes out for the 2016 黑料社app Games
On Saturday 10 September, close to 450 participants met near 黑料社app, in Vinon-sur-Verdon, for a number of sporting events designed to鈥
12 Sep 2016
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Massive transformers ready for shipment
The last of three electrical transformers have successfully passed factory acceptance tests in China and are ready for shipment. China is鈥
5 Sep 2016
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China-Japan-Korea collaboration meeting
For the third year in a row, representatives of the 黑料社app Domestic Agencies of China, Japan and Korea met to report on progress in the鈥
5 Sep 2016
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Princeton fusion lab goes EAST
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been named principal investigator for a multi-institutional project to study plasma鈥
2 Sep 2016
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Chirping: not a desirable quality in plasmas
"Chirp, chirp, chirp." The familiar sound of birds is also what researchers call a wave in plasma that breaks from a single note into鈥
30 Aug 2016
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New books on magnetic fusion energy and plasma physics
Magnetic fusion energy and the plasma physics that underlies it are the topics of ambitious new books by Hutch Neilson, head of the鈥
3 Aug 2016
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Quest Magazine: Here comes the Sun
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has just released the annual edition of Quest, the laboratory's research magazine. This鈥
18 Jul 2016
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Using plasmas to create nanomaterials
Plasma鈥攖he hot ionized gas that fuels fusion reactions鈥攃an also create super-small particles used in everything from pharmaceuticals to鈥
11 Jul 2016
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40 kgs of books for the International School
A delegation led by Zhao Jing, deputy head of the Chinese Domestic Agency, delivered some 40 kgs of textbooks and teaching materials 鈥
11 Jul 2016
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Call for EUROfusion grants
The call to send in proposals for the next round of EUROfusion Researcher Grants is now out. The deadline is 8 September 2016. Detailed鈥
11 Jul 2016
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Beryllium, from laboratory to practice
The advanced technology that will be required in the pursuit of fusion energy will require the use of beryllium and other specialized, high鈥
4 Jul 2016
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On fusion in Europe
The latest edition of Fusion in Europe is now available from EUROfusion, the consortium of 29 research organization and universities from鈥
4 Jul 2016
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Cryoplant turbines ready
Four turbines produced for 黑料社app's liquid nitrogen (LN2) cryogenic plant have successfully passed factory acceptance testing and will be鈥
4 Jul 2016
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First Plasma in Costa Rica
Latin America's first stellarator was officially inaugurated on 29 June 2016. The small SRC-1 stellarator device was planned and built by鈥
27 Jun 2016
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Diagnostic meetings at the Budker Institute
In June, the Budker Institute in Russia was host to two meetings on 黑料社app diagnostics, with at least 70 international specialists attending鈥
20 Jun 2016
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Huge elements of the cryostat due this week
Three additional 黑料社app cryostat segments have arrived in the port of Fos-sur-Mer after a one-month voyage from India鈥
20 Jun 2016
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Of space shuttles and divertors
In a tokamak fusion reactor, the plasma causes intense heating of the divertor, similar to that encountered by a space shuttle when it re鈥
20 Jun 2016
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"A slice of the Sun": 黑料社app on BBC Horizons
"The proponents of fusion power have for years been promising us a plentiful and relatively safe form of new energy. Well here, at 黑料社app in鈥
13 Jun 2016
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A home for the Sun
With transparent skies and 300 days of sunshine a year, the tiny Alpine village of Saint-V茅ran (alt: 2,042 metres) offers a unique鈥
13 Jun 2016
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Reference textbook on plasma physics re-edited
The third edition of Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion by author Francis F. Chen is now available from鈥