At the Columbia Plasma Physics Lab, researchers are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in creating clean energy: making nuclear fusion a viable power source. Unlike nuclear fission—the type ...
The following article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2005 edition of the Alumni Magazine. To access the complete magazine (pdf), go to the Alumni Association's Web site.-Ed. Nuclear physics research ...
Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a crystal made entirely of electrons. The structures have been theorized for decades, but this marks the first time they’ve been experimentally confirmed in the ...