The newly installed D-shaped magnet is the first of 18 that will form a doughnut-like structure to confine and compress ...

For more than a century, engineers have chased new ways to turn the planet’s natural motions into usable power, from tides to ...

How do we extract energy from space around a spacecraft? If there are differences in the speed of the solar wind or differences in flows of particles around a spacecraft or where a spacecraft is ...

Do you often find that strangers approach you on the street? Do animals seem drawn to you? Do you notice technology glitching whenever you walk into a room? While it’s also true that you might have ...

In the field of nuclear fusion some are going big with their pursuit of clean, inexhaustible energy, like those piecing together the seven-story building to house ITER, the world's largest tokamak ...

Engineers are shipping the world’s most powerful magnet to the construction site of the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor called ITER in France. The massive 1,000 ton solenoid, a type of ...

Our perspective and admiration for ourselves are fundamental to our success. We’re the only people we get to live with for the entirety of our lives. Why not prioritize that relationship? Wellness, ...

RIKEN physicists have discovered for the first time why the magnitude of the electron flow depends on direction in a special kind of magnet. This finding could help to realize future low-energy ...

Technical success can be initiated by a dramatic breakthrough or innovation, but it can also be the result of conscientious design with careful attention to execution details. We rely on both for ...