Apr
30
Fusion- Where the Possible Meets Impractical
April 30, 2012 | 4 Comments
The ITER project, an acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, remains a project seeks to do the possible with impractical tools. There is no doubt that humanity can accomplish fusion in a quick and dirty way by making a bomb, or run reactions that don’t produce useful amounts of energy outputs, but unlike fission the […]
Feb
16
Exotic Plasma Physics Discovery That May Apply to Fusion
February 16, 2012 | 1 Comment
Paul Bellan, professor of applied physics in the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and graduate student Auna Moser have discovered a surprising phenomenon about basic plasma behavior. Plasma is a gas so hot that atoms are stripped of their electrons. The plasma jets act like electrical wires […]
Dec
2
Focus Fusion Shoots Five In A Row
December 2, 2011 | 1 Comment
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has announced that their lab device FF-1 has run off five shots in succession. For most of us the idea that a new gizmo doesn’t just run is an anomalous thought. But builders of the hardware of new ideas are usually faced with a series of mountainous climbs to get from an […]
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