As noted in the paper by [P. Helander] et al., the use of permanent magnets can substantially simplify the magnetic-field coils of a stellarator, which are then primarily used for the toroidal ...

X, the stellarator experiment in Greifswald, Germany, has built on knowledge gained from its predecessors to demonstrate the ...

Proxima's "dumb machine" will be a stellarator called Alpha. It will draw on decades of work done by Germany's Max Planck ...

The process of hurling hydrogen atoms at each other to create extremely hot plasma — also known as nuclear fusion — holds massive potential for filling humankind's energy supply. The tricky part is ...

The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator in Germany has broken the record for plasma duration in a nuclear fusion reactor. Fusion reactions were sustained at high performance levels for 43 seconds, which is a ...

In an announcement this year, the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics shared a breakthrough from its world class stellarator, Wendelstein 7-X. The stellarator is a nuclear fusion reactor with the ...

If W7-X succeeds, it could turn the nuclear-fusion community on its head and launch stellarators into the limelight.

A German startup has secured new funding for a peculiar twisted-looking reactor that could prove a quicker path to clean, virtually limitless fusion energy. Proxima Fusion has raised €20mn as it looks ...

German startup Proxima Fusion — whose team includes engineers from MIT, Google, SpaceX, and McLaren — has unveiled a fusion energy reactor design it believes offers the quickest route to commercially ...