Princeton Lab Calculates a Heat-First Route to Fusion Ignition That Could Use Less Energy, but It Has Not Been Tested
Nature World News | 22.10.2026 02:01
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey have calculated that a fusion reactor might reach ignition with less energy by heating its plasma first and adding fuel density second, the reverse of the order most designs plan. The work, published in Physical Review Letters, is a theoretical result based on calculations, not an experiment.
