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3D-Printed Plastics With High Performance Electrical Circuits

November 5, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments 3d printing, Biomedical, Biomedical Devices, Conductivity, Displays, Drones, Electricity, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Fusion, Light, Motion Sensors, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, New Jersey, NJ, Polymers, Rutgers, Rutgers School of Engineering, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Satellites, Sensors, Silver, Solar Cells, Tech, Technology, xenon lamp

Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical circuits inside 3D-printed plastics, which could lead to smaller and versatile drones and better-performing small satellites, biomedical implants and smart structures. They used pulses of high-energy light to fuse tiny silver wires, resulting in circuits that conduct 10 times more electricity than the state of the art, according to a study in the journal Additive Manufacturing. By increasing conductivity 10-fold, the engineers can reduce energy use, extend the life of devices and increase their performance.

Announcement

International honors for PPPL post-doctoral fellows helping to bring a star to earth

October 23, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, plasma science, tokamaks

Profile of PPPL’s Chris Smiet and Rupak Mukherjee and the post-doctoral honors they have won.

Research Results

Staircase to the stars: Turbulence in fusion plasmas may not be all bad

October 16, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, plasma science, tokamaks

Surprise discovery shows that turbulence at the edge of the plasma may facilitate production of fusion energy.

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Public-private INFUSE projects to speed fusion development housed at PPPL

October 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, fusion energy, plasma science

A look at four INFUSE projects to speed the development of fusion energy that PPPL is working on.

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Investigating Materials that Can Go the Distance in Fusion Reactors

October 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, Fusion Energy Sciences, fusion reactor, Materials Science

Future fusion reactors will require materials that can withstand extreme operating conditions, including being bombarded by high-energy neutrons at high temperatures. Scientists recently irradiated titanium diboride (TiB2) in the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) to better understand the effects of fusion neutrons on performance.

Announcement

Department of Energy Announces Private-Public Awards to Advance Fusion Energy Technology

October 15, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Award Announcement, Funding, Fusion, Fusion Energy Sciences

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced funding for 12 projects with private industry to enable collaboration with DOE national laboratories on overcoming challenges in fusion energy development.

The awards are the first provided through the Innovation Network for Fusion Energy program (INFUSE).

Research Results

Light my fire: How to startup fusion devices every time

October 9, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, tokamak

Researchers have constructed a framework for starting and raising a fusion plasma to temperatures rivaling the sun in hundreds of milliseconds.

Research Tip Sheet

Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2019

October 7, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Fusion, Neutron Scattering, Technology Transfer

ORNL story tips: Reaching the boiling point for HVACs; showcasing innovation for technology transfer; using neutrons to lend insight into human tissue; and heating the core in a fusion prototype experiment.

Feature Expert

Vlad Soukhanovskii

October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments early career, Early Career Award, Fusion, Fusion Energy Sciences, plasma

Vsevolod A. Soukhanovskii is a group leader at the Fusion Energy Sciences Program at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He and his research group are stationed on a long-term assignment focusing on edge plasma transport and plasma-surface interactions in spherical tokamaks at the Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

DOE Science News

A Trojan Horse for Fusion Disruptions

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Author 0 Comments Fusion, fusion and plasma sciences, fusion energy, fusion science, tokamak edge, tokamaks

Thin-walled diamond shells carry payloads of boron dust; the dust mitigates destructive plasma disruptions in fusion confinement systems. The Science