Researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Essex are using some kinds of begonias and have found how they survive in the darkness of the forest floor. The researchers solved the mystery of the blue sheen on the leaves particular begonias and have found that their chloroplasts have evolved a nanoscale light-trapping structure to help […]

Recent computer simulations have suggested a novel method for launching the plasma without using solenoids. The simulations at the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), the major fusion facility at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) shows the formation of distinct, current carrying magnetic structures called plasmoids that can initiate the plasma […]

General Atomics (GA) researchers working at the firm’s DIII-D National Fusion Facility have created an important new tool for controlling fusion plasmas that are hotter than the sun in collaboration with scientists from the University of California-Irvine and Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. This is the second post of three that started yesterday. Energy and momentum […]

The American Physical Society had a major news day last Friday with noteworthy and informative presentation announcements for their annual meeting in San Jose, California. The four announcements deal with progress on measuring controlling and building plasma devices. These topics are critical to progress because plasma is very hot, usually under pressure and in high […]

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