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May 9 | News
The just-completed NDCX-II, the second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, is an unusual special-purpose particle accelerator built by the U.S. Department of Energy's Heavy Ion Fusion Science Virtual National Laboratory. The accelerator is a compact machine designed to produce a high-quality, dense beam that can rapidly deliver a powerful punch to a solid target.
Apr 23 | News
Physicists
have discovered a possible solution to a mystery that has long baffled
researchers working to harness fusion. If confirmed by experiment, the
finding
could help scientists eliminate a major impediment to the development of
fusion
as a clean and abundant source of energy for producing electric power.
Mar 21 | News
A major effort to study a mysterious substance that could enhance understanding of the cosmos and fusion energy has received a critical boost from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). Scientists at PPPL have designed and delivered a crucial component for a device that can heat a spot of foil to 30,000 C in less than a billionth of a second.
11/16/2011 | News
In
terms of emissions, just one pound of sulfur hexafluoride, a nontoxic
gas used in electric insulation, is equivalent to about 11 tons of
carbon dioxide. Energy Department experts are hunting down this and
other fugitive carbon emissions and have already prevented the release
of 600,000 metric tons of carbon equivalent.
11/11/2011 | News
Among
a number of findings announced at the 53rd meeting of the Advanced
Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Physics, scientist at the
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have learned a surprising a simple
lesson about confining plasma in a fusion reactor. The more lithium
coating that is used, the better the containment. The result could be
smaller, cheaper reactors.
3/9/2011 | News
Long-time
fusion researcher David Gates recently shifted his focus from tokamoks
(symmetric toroidal magnets that have come closest to achieving fusion
conditions) to stellerators, another type of complex, curvy
fusion-inducing magnet that had been mothballed. Inspired by its
potential of steady-state operation, the Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory physicist is now leading a new effort in stellerator research.
2/15/2011 | News
Analysis
of the $3.8 trillion proposed budget is beginning to flow, and early
reports of its impact on research and innovation is positive, at least
from the perspective of scientists. The president placed priorities on
energy and medical research, which explains why standout winners in the
budget plan include the National Institutes of Health, the National
Science Foundation, and U.S. Dept of Energy.
9/13/2010 | News
Reflecting
the fortunes of a struggling economy, government R&D funding for
2011 is expected to slip about three-tenths of one percent from 2010
levels. The big news from the proposed package, however, is a marked
fall in defense R&D: 6.6%. As a result, non-defense R&D could rise by several percentage points.
