Researchers need to understand when and why ELMs occur to avoid damage to reactors. This is a crucial step in developing economical fusion power plants. Previously, researchers did not understand why ...

Novel simulation brings extraordinary fast radio bursts into the laboratory in a way once thought impossible. Mysterious fast radio bursts release as much energy in one second as the Sun pours out in ...

A long-standing puzzle in space science is what triggers fast magnetic reconnection, an explosive process that unfolds throughout the universe more rapidly than theory says it should. Solving the ...

Several media outlets have incorrectly claimed that explosive solar flares were spotted during the April 8 total solar eclipse. But there were no flares during totality, so what did people see? When ...

A plasma cutting device used to extract stuck pipes used in oil and gas drilling is not a "new explosive" and its transport cannot be barred, a federal appeals court ruled. A plasma cutting device ...

(Nanowerk News) Mysterious fast radio bursts release as much energy in one second as the Sun pours out in a year and are among the most puzzling phenomena in the universe. Now researchers at Princeton ...