Visualization of the proposed SPARC tokamak experiment. Using high-field magnets built with newly available high-temperature superconductors, this experiment would be the first controlled fusion plasma to produce net energy output. / Visualization by Ken Filar, PSFC research affiliate By David Chandler / 03.09.2018 Progress toward the long-sought dream of fusion power — potentially an inexhaustible and[…]
For the first time, human beings harnessed the power of atomic fission. Keith Ruffles, Creative Commons By Dr. Artemis Spyrou and Dr. Wolfgang Mittig / 11.30.2017 Spyrou: Associate Professor of Nuclear Astrophysics Mittig: Professor of Physics Michigan State University Over Christmas vacation in 1938, physicists Lise Meitner and Otto Frisch received puzzling scientific news in a private letter from nuclear[…]
Static electricity can cause more than just a bad hair day. / Photo by Ken Bosma, Creative Commons By Dr. Sebastian Deffner / 01.05.2017 Assistant Professor of Physics University of Maryland, Baltimore County Static electricity is a ubiquitous part of everyday life. It’s all around us, sometimes funny and obvious, as when it makes your[…]