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Nuclear fusion reactors get repair boost with first tested 'plug-and-socket' magnets

Engineers at the UK’s STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) program have successfully tested ...
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Nuclear fusion gets repair revolution with 1st tested plug-and-socket magnets

Nuclear fusion has long promised virtually limitless low carbon power, but the machines that might deliver it are notoriously ...
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The University of Manchester’s first female physics academic retires after four decades of research and teaching

Professor Philippa Browning, The University of Manchester’s first female physics academic, is retiring this week after more ...
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STEP Fusion milestone: Remountable magnet technology passes major tests

Engineers building the UK’s future fusion power plant have successfully tested a key new technology that could make fusion energy cheaper and easier to operate.

After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum

The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined plasma – matter so hot it mimics the ...