Applied Superconductivity News Today

A detailed study confirms that record-setting magnets built by the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Commonwealth Fusion Systems meet the requirements for an economical, compact power plant.

An anonymous reader shared this article from Futurism: More than two years since MIT claimed its scientists achieved a breakthrough in fusion energy, the university is claiming that new research "confirms" that the magnet-based design used in those tests isnt just impressive in a lab setting, but ...

The Verge writes that "LK-99 hasnt turned out to be the miraculous superconductor some people initially claimed it was..." [T]he results so far indicate that LK-99 is not a superconductor, at room temperature or otherwise. A slew of research groups have released studies that counter claims origina...

The discovery of LK-99 kicked off a frenzy when researchers claimed it was the world’s first room-temperature superconductor. But new research this week dashes hopes about LK-99’s potential.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Scientific community sceptical of ‘magic material that would revolutionise our world’

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory discovered a way to potentially stabilize fusion reactions. This comes as researchers have long sought a way to achieve such a feat to take advantage of the near-limitless energy source.

Smaller, more powerful magnets could help engineers improve the geometry of spherical tokamaks—fusion reactors that contain superheated plasma.

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

With regard to the state-of-the-art technologies in the fields of applied superconductivity and electromagnetic devices, research and development highlights are presented. The recent progress and achievement described with principle and technical details include mainly i) applied superconducting materials; ii) superconducting magnets and their applications such as in ITER and Tokamaks; iii) high Tc superconducting (HTS) magnetic levitation and applications; iv) HTS smart grids; v) superconductin...