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🌍🤝 A new era of international collaboration begins! EUROfusion and ASIPP begin collaboration to develop the BEST research plan. By uniting expertise from Europe and China, this collaboration aims to optimize research strategies and accelerate progress toward sustainable fusion energy. 🚀🔬 Learn more about this exciting collaboration: https://lnkd.in/dg5gfffQ #FusionEnergy #EUROfusion #ASIPP #Collaboration #EnergyResearch

✨ Are you fascinated by the Northern Lights and stars? Curious to understand and maybe even see firsthand what they’re made of? ☀️ Then don’t miss the Scientastic Festival, EPFL’s science festival, happening on November 9-10 on the Lausanne campus. The Swiss Plasma Center will be on-site to share everything you want to know about plasma, the fourth state of matter that composes our Sun and nearly all of the visible universe. 💡 You'll even discover how our scientists are working to recreate a small star on Earth, with the goal of developing a new, safe and sustainable energy source using a machine called a Tokamak. This year, the event is dedicated to discovering and exploring the scientific process with activities for the whole family, suitable for all ages. Free entry, just sign up for: 👩🔬 Science shows 🧒 Hands-on workshops for all ages 👉 Info & tickets: https://lnkd.in/e4SX8YPq #science #epfl #swissplasmacenter #tokamak #fusion #plasmaphysics #plasma

🌟 Check out the latest edition of the EUROfusion Newsletter – Fusion in Europe! 🌍⚡️In this issue: 🏆Celebrate the Women in Big Science Projects Recognition Award that EUROfusion received at the Big Science Business Forum 2024 ♨️Learn about gyrotrons, the heating backbone of fusion energy 🏅Hear from Maria Lorena Richiusa on how her EUROfusion Engineering Grant helped propel her fusion career 🚀 Explore a tech transfer story on harnessing plasma turbulence for space propulsion 🤝 Read an overview of our latest meeting focusing on R&D priorities for 2025. 👉 Dive into the full newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/e5FvU76F And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram for more updates! 📸 https://lnkd.in/d5nEUXwu #FusionInEurope #EUROfusion #FusionEnergy #SustainableFuture

"An extra set of eyes on runaway electrons" We interviewed Dutch fusion researcher Tijs Wijkamp, who received one of our EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grants (ERG) to study runaway electrons. Those fast particles can damage the inside of a fusion reactor if they are not properly dealt with. Tijs talks about his research goals and about how the ERG stimulates connections with other experts. https://lnkd.in/deU9AkZx DIFFER | #FusionInEurope #Road2Fusion

🎉 Exciting News for EUROfusion! 🎉 EUROfusion is honored to be awarded the Women in Big Science Projects Recognition Award at the Big Science Business Forum 2024 for our commitment to fostering equality, diversity, and inclusion through our strategies and activities.   Find out more: https://lnkd.in/dSKWJj5M #EUROfusion #DiversityAndInclusion #WomenInScience #BigScienceBusinessForum2024 #FusionEnergy #Innovation #Collaboration #DiversityMatters

🚀 Registrations are now open for the 5th Fusion HPC Workshop! 👩💻 Don’t miss the opportunity to dive into the latest HPC applications in fusion research with an exciting programme now available! 🌌 🎟️ Secure your spot now ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dF9cmyNr 📄 Explore the full programme ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dkt8Tq6h #HPC #FusionResearch #Workshop

The team of the researchers from the Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion (#IPPLM) has carried out a significant modernization of the PHA (pulse-height analyser) diagnostics, which is currently actively used on the Wendelstein 7-X #stellarator as part of the OP.2.2 campaign, launched on 10 September 2024. The PHA system, designed, manufactured and programmed by the researchers from the IPPLM, enables the analysis of the spectra of X-ray radiation emitted from the plasma, which allows determining the ionic composition of the plasma, the average effective charge of the plasma, etc. During the modernization, the old detectors were replaced with new ones with better characteristics, which significantly improved the quality of measurements. The faulty filter change system was also dismantled and replaced with permanent filters, and the software and operating parameters of the entire system were optimized and adapted to the new conditions. 🟢 The modernization works were carried out by: Marta Gruca, Jacek Kaczmarczyk, Leszek Ryć, Maciej Szymański, Adam Arkuszewski and Sławomir Jabłoński, head of the Stellarator Plasma Research Laboratory. 🔵 Diagnostics operators delegated from the IPPLM are Tomasz Fornal and Łukasz Syrocki. The Wendelstein 7-X facility, located at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Greifswald, Germany, is the world's largest experimental stellarator fusion reactor. The purpose of the research system launched in 2015 is to analyse an alternative concept of magnetic confinement of plasma to the tokamak. Research on the device is carried out by an international team of researchers from many institutes around the world, including the IPPLM. #fusionenergy #plasmaphysic #PHAdiagnostics

In an interview with La Repubblica, Ambrogio Fasoli highlights not only the scientific goal of fusion, but also its political significance: "The idea for ITER was born during the disarmament talks between Reagan and Gorbachev. Thirty countries, including China and Russia, are collaborating on ITER. Moscow, excluded from every international forum, is still reliably providing its components for Cadarache. Having 30 countries work together isn’t the most efficient way to execute such a difficult project, but it allows everyone to develop their production capacities and, when the time comes, build a reactor. If it means delaying the goal a bit, so be it. It's all in the name of international collaboration." The CEO of EUROfusion reminds us that beyond addressing climate challenges, Fusion also promotes a vision of global peace. #fusion #fusionenergy #iter #peace #internationalcollaboration

#everbuiltastar We’re hiring! …again, and again and again. Are you interested in putting your talent to the test at one of the world's leading fusion research facilities? Are you looking for new scientific challenges and want to work with leading scientists from around the world? Have you ever built a star? In order to realise our vision of a clean, sustainable and virtually inexhaustible source of energy one day, we are constantly on the lookout for aspiring young scientists as #postdocs or #PhDs. Visit us at 👉 https://lnkd.in/dd9fznHi and find out which projects are suitable for your scientific career at #IPP.

Gyrotrons are the backbone heating systems of fusion machines. In this first of two articles in our EUROfusion Engage series, gyrotron expert Alberto Leggieri at Thales does a deep dive into what makes these high-power microwave systems so special. https://lnkd.in/dryRKzRY #FusionEnergy #Engineering #Technology #FusionInEurope