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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) superconducting and electromagnetic material modelling and characterization; and vi) advanced electromagnetic devi...