Reversed field pinch (RFP) plasma physics is a distinctive branch of magnetic confinement research that explores self-organised plasma equilibria in which the toroidal magnetic field reverses in the ...

For the first time, physicists present a unified theory explaining two characteristic features of frustrated magnets and why they're often seen together. When physicists send neutrons shooting through ...

In findings that could help advance another "viable pathway" to fusion energy, research led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicists has proven the existence of neutrons produced ...

Albuquerque, N.M. _ Some physicists believe that the pulses of power formed in a technique called a Z-pinch may one day be a more efficient source of fusion power than magnetic confinement used by ...

The applications of wire-array “Z-pinches” are experiencing a renaissance. In recent years, researchers at Sandia in the US, Imperial College in the UK, and the Troitsk Institute in Russia, among ...

A new method for measuring the refractive index of micrometre-sized particles has been developed at Australia’s University of Queensland. The technique involves laser trapping in optical tweezers and ...

Charged particles trapped in Earth's magnetic field form a plasma, and tend to clump together when disturbed by the turbulent solar wind. This 'pinching' effect has been replicated in the laboratory ...