Controlling plasma hotter than the sun’s core means solving physics so complex that even the fastest supercomputers struggle ...

The new research presented in Physical Review Letters explains the complex process that requires not just energy to escape, but also tight maneuvering through a quantum door. Despite its widespread ...

Beijing has rapidly advanced its fusion energy R&D — but also efforts toward deploying fusion on an industrial level.

Active energy compression in laser-plasma electron beams at DESY's LUX facility reduces energy spread and jitter, paving the ...

An extrapolation technique aims to address the gap between Hall effect thruster performance in space and in laboratory ...

NVIDIA announced that the company, along with General Atomics and a team of international partners have built an AI-enabled ...

A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these ...

Scientists have finally observed long-sought twisting magnetic waves, known as torsional Alfvén waves, in the Sun’s corona—ending an eight-decade search that began in the 1940s. Using the powerful ...

A groundbreaking study reveals how neurons sense and transmit mechanical forces across their membranes—a key to understanding touch, movement, and development.

Physicists measure plasma heat at trillions of degrees, revealing key secrets about the Big Bang and the universe’s birth.

What occurs when electrons escape from a solid material? Though it may appear straightforward, this process has long resisted ...

Rice University researchers have captured the temperature profile of quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot state of matter from ...