Alberto Loarte is a physicist and the head of ITER’s science division. He says he sees great potential for AI in enhancing and accelerating the construction of the fusion plant at ITER. Photo by Chris ...

Pop and slosh: a high-speed recording of popping a homebrewed bottle of beer (courtesy: Max Koch) While the physics of uncorking a bottle of champagne has been well documented, less is known about the ...

One expert has told The i Paper that the end of the EBacc could mean that decline in language learning at GCSE level is “accelerated ... sustainability and climate science as well as an ...

U.K. start-up Pulsar Fusion has unveiled plans to build a fleet of reusable nuclear fusion-powered rockets, known as Sunbirds, that could cut journey times across the solar system in half.

fusion is too big of a prize to give up on,” he said. “The transformative potential has been clear but there have been critical gaps in engineering designs, materials science for extreme ...

Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...

You might think physicists only ask the big questions. We mostly hear about the physics of the cosmic and the miniscule, the shape of our universe and the nature of the particles that fill it.

The review notes how “many schools begin preparing pupils for GCSE in year 9…which narrows the curriculum offer and may curtail learning in curriculum subjects not selected for further study”. It also ...

Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Diego have announced a groundbreaking collaboration to establish a Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering ...

“We are proud to join forces with UC San Diego at the interface of fusion and data science in order to take significant steps toward fusion energy,” said Dr. Raffi Nazikian, director of ...

SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) have announced a groundbreaking ...

Scientists have been complaining for years that the way we fund science is flawed. Researchers are too often waiting up to 20 months for grant funding, an eternity in fast-moving fields like ...