Fusion Energy; A Step Forward

March 12, 2007 |17:17 | Gossips By : Waqar Ikram

Scientists have recently proved that the Helically Symmetric experiment (HSX), an odd-looking magnetic plasma chamber called a stellarator, can overcome a major barrier in plasma research, in which stellarators lose too much energy to reach the high temperatures needed for fusion. The new results show that the unique design of the HSX in fact loses less energy, meaning that fusion in this type of stellarator could be possible. Plasma is very warm, ionized gas that can conduct electricity; it's what stars are made of. If they heated to the point of ignition, hydrogen ions could fuse into helium, the same reaction that powers the sun. This fusion could be a clean, sustainable and limitless energy source of the future.

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