Single X-ray pulse reveals plasma nanostructures across scales with one camera

October 20, 2026 · 10:00 am 3 sources

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• How a fusion start-up could help maintain the U.S. nuclear arsenal
  Scientific American · October 20, 2026 10:00
  The U.S. hasn’t detonated a nuclear weapon since 1992. Now a fusion start-up whose co-founders include former national lab scientists could help conduct experiments that make sure the stockpile works
• New superconducting chip aims to help tame fusion plasma
  Scientific American · October 22, 2026 11:15
  Researchers fed fusion data to a new chip to see whether it could spot signs that superhot plasma is about to go haywire

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• Single X-ray pulse reveals plasma nanostructures across scales with one camera
  Phys.org · October 24, 2026 19:00
  Understanding instabilities and turbulence in plasmas is one of the key challenges across a wide range of plasma research fields, including nuclear fusion, astrophysics and laser-plasma physics. In plasmas, slight disturbances can grow due to instabilities, and energy is transferred between…