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Real-Time Plasma State Prediction via FPGA-Accelerated Quantized Recurrent Probabilistic Neural Networks

A new workflow deploys a quantized neural network on an FPGA, achieving sub-10 microsecond latency for real-time plasma state prediction, meeting the stringent demands of tokamak control systems.

Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read · arXiv plasm-ph

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Argonne: Using AI and Supercomputers to Streamline Fusion Experiments

Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility are deploying an AI-driven workflow on supercomputers to automate and accelerate the analysis of plasma physics experiments, reducing inter-shot latency.

Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read · General Atomics / DIII-D

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Scientists may have found a shortcut to fusion energy

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory may have found a dramatically more efficient route to fusion energy by reversing the traditional approach: heating plasma first, then increasing its density. Their

Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read · PPPL

Beam filamentation instability drives deuterium-tritium fusion with polarized neutron emission

arXiv:2610.11061v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Filamentation instabilities are generally regarded as detrimental to fast-electron transport in fusion plasmas because they increase beam divergence and

Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read · arXiv plasm-ph

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New experimental campaign at Wendelstein 7-X to push boundaries of the excellent physics results.

Wendelstein 7-X begins OP2.4, a 12-week campaign focused on high-performance plasmas, fast ions and long pulses.

Oct 18, 2026 · 2 min read · EUROfusion

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Accelerated iteration in FRCs: Helion's 'Tiny Merge' testbed

An eight-foot tubular testbed less than one-eighth the size of Polaris enables rapid, low-cost diagnostic iterations for FRC plasma-ring formation and merging.

EVERETT, WA — June 3, 2026 · 1 min read

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Realization of thousand-second improved confinement plasma with Super I-mode in Tokamak EAST

Researchers operating the EAST tokamak have sustained a high-confinement plasma for a record 1,056 seconds using a novel Super I-mode regime, demonstrating a potential path to steady-state operation without damaging edge instabilities.

Aug 21, 2026 · 2 min read · Science Magazine

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Direct energy conversion and the viability of aneutronic fuel cycles

Helion's Polaris targets D–He³ with magnetic induction recovery; TAE forms an FRC entirely from neutral beams en route to p–B11.

EVERETT, WA — June 3, 2026 · 1 min read

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Aneutronic Ambitions: Is Proton-Boron-11 Viable Before 2040?

Editorial Board: p-11B is the holy grail, but the Lawson product deficit makes it a late-2030s target, not a 2030 grid solution.

EDITORIAL — September 18, 2025 · 3 min read

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Bremsstrahlung Radiation Losses in High-Z Aneutronic Plasmas

Editorial Board: without a world-class bremsstrahlung conversion strategy, aneutronic reactors become incredibly expensive x-ray flashlights.

EDITORIAL — November 11, 2025 · 2 min read

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The Breeder That Starves the Turbulence

Gyrokinetic simulations run in CGYRO, General Atomics' turbulence code, place Kronos Fusion Energy's Hyperion breeder at an operating point below the threshold where core turbulence grows — a confinement regime distinct from the machines leading the field today.

Sep 14, 2026 · 2 min read · Kronos Fusion Energy

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough as ‘ignition’ finally achieved

A peer-reviewed paper published in Physical Review Letters confirms the August 2021 inertial confinement fusion experiment at the National Ignition Facility achieved a target gain of 0.7, meeting the formal definition of ignition.

Aug 14, 2026 · 2 min read · LLNL / NIF

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China Moves Closer to Fusion Breakeven as Scientists Beat a Key Limit

Researchers in China report experimentally surpassing the Greenwald density limit in a tokamak, a long-standing empirical constraint on plasma density that has historically limited fusion power output.

Aug 9, 2026 · 2 min read · DOE Fusion

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EAST sustains H-mode plasma for 1,066 seconds — new world record

Hefei-based superconducting tokamak nearly triples its previous endurance benchmark.

HEFEI, CHINA — June 1, 2026 · 1 min read

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Zap Energy demonstrates 37M °C in sheared-flow Z-pinch device

Seattle company's FuZE-Q achieves new ion-temperature benchmark with no external magnetic coils.

EVERETT, WA — May 31, 2026 · 1 min read

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Fusion Industry Association — Annual Report
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