It’s the social engineering that’s the killer. Almost six years ago, I was the editor of a single-topic issue on energy for Scientific American that included an article by Princeton Universi... Read more
This could help scientists analyze and recreate the nuclear fusion process that powers the sun Researchers working at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator La... Read more
ALL going well, the world’s energy crisis may be solved in the auditorium of the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club tonight. Will be interesting to see if the money is awarded . . . I... Read more
Generating electricity by nuclear fusion has long looked like a chimera. A reactor being built in Germany may change that AS THE old joke has it, fusion is the power of the future—and always... Read more
DEBATE about America’s energy supply is heating up: gas prices are rising, ethanol is under attack and nuclear power continues to struggle in the shadow of the Fukushima disaster in Japan. B... Read more
Image via Wikipedia An alternative approach to achieving nuclear fusion in the laboratory LIKE conquistadors seeking El Dorado, physicists cannot leave the idea of fusion power alone. Some s... Read more
Transparent aluminium’ previously only existed in science fiction, featuring in the movie Star Trek IV, but the real material is an exotic new state of matter with implications for planetary... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Even with all the developments taking place in the areas of alternative energy such as solar and wind power, nuclear fusion still remains the holy grail of clean electric... Read more
Researchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces facing the plasma inside a thermonuclear fusion reactor, part of work aimed at developing coat... Read more
Image via Wikipedia To avoid Armageddon, we may have to invoke Armageddon. You know, the Bruce Willis version. That’s the opinion of David Dearborn, anyway, who says we may need to tap... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show. The controlled fusion of atoms – creating conditions lik... Read more