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Rigetti Awarded Department of Energy Contract to Develop Quantum Simulation for Fusion Energy

Kentucky New Era 04 Nov 2021

The funding is part of an initiative sponsored by the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) to further the scientific understanding of plasma physics, the science underpinning fusion energy ... Under the program, the team will apply quantum information science and quantum computing techniques to plasma simulation.

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How Much Information Is in the Universe? We May Finally Have an Answer

Interesting Engineering 04 Nov 2021

Some scientists believe information is so important to the constitution of our physical reality that it should be regarded as a fundamental state of matter, alongside gas, liquid, plasma, and solids ... In a published in AIP Advances from the American Institute of Physics, Melvin M.

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Global WAR-NING: Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity

GlobalResearch 30 Oct 2021

In the same year Canada began launching satellites into the Earth’s ionosphere and chemically simulating the plasma. Plasma is a fourth state of matter ... An example of plasma is lightning ... A second Plasma Physics Laboratory (exploring the ionosphere) is located at Two Rivers, Alaska, and is called HIPAS (High Power Auroral Stimulation).

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Integrated edge localized mode suppression and divertor power flux control for ITER

Phys Dot Org 29 Oct 2021

Sun Youwen from the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the lead in demonstrating the integrated ... Pengcheng Xie et al, Plasma response to resonant magnetic perturbations near rotation zero-crossing in low torque plasmas, Physics of Plasmas (2021).

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New research looks at process of magnetic flux generation in ICF implosions

Technology Org 28 Oct 2021

The researchers described their findings a paper published in Physics of Plasmas with LLNL scientists Chris Walsh serving as lead author and Dan Clark as co-author ... For a given amplitude, higher mode numbers generate more flux ... These field strengths are large enough to modify the path of electrons in the plasma, which change how heat is transported.

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NASA's Webb will join forces with the Event Horizon Telescope to reveal the Milky Way's ...

Phys Dot Org 28 Oct 2021

Answers as to how Sgr A*'s flares begin, peak, and dissipate could have far-reaching implications for the future study of black holes, as well as particle and plasma physics, and even flares from the Sun ... As exciting as the prospect of new understanding and/or new physics may be, both Markoff and Zadeh noted that this is only the beginning.

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NASA’s Webb Will Join Forces with the Event Horizon Telescope to Reveal the Milky Way’s ...

Technology Org 28 Oct 2021

Answers as to how Sgr A*’s flares begin, peak, and dissipate could have far-reaching implications for the future study of black holes, as well as particle and plasma physics, and even flares from the Sun ... As exciting as the prospect of new understanding and/or new physics may be, both Markoff and Zadeh noted that this is only the beginning.

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Physics experiment in Earth's atmosphere could help improve GPS performance

Phys Dot Org 27 Oct 2021

Bengt Eliasson, a Reader in Strathclyde's Department of Physics, was a partner in the research and said ... "Today, the emphasis of ionospheric research has shifted toward understanding the dynamics and plasma physics of ionospheric phenomena, particularly due to disturbances driven by the sun, known as space weather events.

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An engineer with patents is in a different class

The Times of India 27 Oct 2021

On the other hand, semiconductors dealt with the world of plasma, mechatronics, robotics and so on. The learning curve was enormous and the exposure was huge.” ... This means depositing various metals on the wafers, termed as physical vapour deposition or chemical vapour deposition ... “This is the time to play with RF (radiofrequency) plasma and physics ... .

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Researchers report argon fluoride laser fusion research findings

Phys Dot Org 26 Oct 2021

The laser plasma Branch in the Plasma Physics Division is leading this research effort and has developed a 3-phase plan to advance the argon-fluoride laser to performance needed for high-energy-gain implosions ... Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2020).

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How astronomers probe the Sun’s explosive past

Astronomy 26 Oct 2021

THE SUN ... The flow of hot plasma within the Sun generates electric currents, which in turn generate magnetic fields ... As the magnetic loops reconnect, they may leave the surface, carrying plasma with them into space as a CME. Scientists understand the basic physics of explosive solar phenomena ... Space hurricane of plasma spotted above Earth’s North Pole ... .

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What happens when a meteor hits the atmosphere?

Phys Dot Org 21 Oct 2021

Scientists also track with radar the plasma generated by meteors, determining how fast winds are moving in the upper atmosphere by how fast the plasma is pushed around ... Space Physics of the American Geophysical Society ... The shed material slams into atmospheric molecules and turns into glowing plasma ... Space Physics (2021) ... Space Physics (2020).

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New insights into heat pathways improve understanding of fusion plasma

Phys Dot Org 20 Oct 2021

Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have made simple changes to equations that model the movement of heat in plasma ... Jin et al, Coupled heat pulse propagation in two-fluid plasmas, Physical Review E (2021) ... Provided by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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A path-setting method to enable vast applications for a graphene

Phys Dot Org 19 Oct 2021

Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have overcome that problem using low-temperature plasma, creating a novel technique that opens the door to a vast array of industrial and scientific applications for the promising nanomaterial ... Provided by Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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Nuclear fusion edges toward the mainstream

Finance & Commerce 19 Oct 2021

Editor’s note. Business content from The New York Times will now be included with your subscription to Finance & Commerce ... Then a monitor shows an eerie pulsing video of the inside of the device as a powerful beam blasts into superheated gas known as a plasma ... Menard, deputy director for research at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory ... .