Scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have identified a surprising shortcut to nuclear fusion that could ...

Editor's note: this article was originally posted on PPPL's website. Classes were back in (virtual) session at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) Graduate Summer School (GSS) where ...

Turbulence is ubiquitous and occurs every day, such as when milk is stirred into coffee or in the stormy motions of the ocean ...

A PPPL model says heating fusion plasma before compressing it could cut energy needs, while a trace of tungsten could double ...

Inside a steel vault at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a superheated whirl of charged particles spins in near vacuum, held in place by invisible magnetic fields. This is a fusion plasma, the ...

One of the greatest hurdles to realizing fusion power is "ignition." This is a state where the plasma continues to burn using ...

Fashioned from the same element found in sand and covered by intricate patterns, microchips power smartphones, augment appliances and aid the operation of cars and airplanes. Now, scientists at the ...

Wendelstein 7-X begins OP2.4, a 12-week campaign focused on high-performance plasmas, fast ions and long pulses.

Magnetic confinement fusion is based on the fact that ions and electrons cannot easily travel across a magnetic field. Therefore, hot plasma can be confined by strong magnetic fields. This approach is ...

Elizabeth Paul, a groundbreaking physicist who is a 2015 alumna and a 2020 Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), has won ...

Researchers have uncovered a process in the swirling masses of plasma surrounding black holes and neutron stars that can cause previously unexplained emissions of light and heat. These findings can ...

The $881,524 award will fund Kunz’s research on the generation of magnetic fields throughout the early universe and will finance biennial summer schools on the physics of plasma — the state of matter ...