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UK Atomic Energy Authority spins out Singular Machines

UK Atomic Energy Authority spins out Singular Machines

2026-08-18

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has recently spun out Singular Machines, a UK engineering automation company. The company is commercializing artificial intelligence technologies originating from fusion engineering R&D scenarios and has secured strategic investment and new industry contracts. According to information released by UKAEA on August 17, Singular Machines has completed a round of strategic investment. The round was led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund and Oxford Science Enterprises, with participation from global engineering firm Arup and Japan's Miraiso...

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Single-Channel Pulse Source of Electromagnetic-Driven Fusion Large Scientific Facility Passes Acceptance

Single-Channel Pulse Source of Electromagnetic-Driven Fusion Large Scientific Facility Passes Acceptance

2026-08-18

On August 16, the test and acceptance meeting for the single-channel pulse source of the comprehensive assessment experimental system of the electromagnetic-driven fusion large scientific facility, along with the inauguration ceremony of the Institute of Nuclear Fusion Science and Technology at Xi'an Jiaotong University, was held at the China Western Science and Technology Innovation Harbor. During the meeting, the single-channel pulse source of the comprehensive assessment experimental system passed testing and acceptance, and the Institute of Nuclear Fusion Science and Technology at Xi'an Jiaotong University was officially inaugurated. Before the meeting, attending experts and guests inspected the single-channel pulse source experimental system. During the acceptance session, the project team presented the overall status of the electromagnetic-driven fusion large scientific facility, the development progress of the single-channel pulse source, and the test verification results. The expert panel discussed the...

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Russia to Develop General Safety Rules for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Facilities

Russia to Develop General Safety Rules for Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Facilities

2026-08-17

The Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service of Russia (Rostekhnadzor) has completed the development of the draft federal norms and rules in the field of atomic energy use, "General Provisions for Ensuring the Safety of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Facilities," and has been soliciting comments and suggestions on the results of the draft review since August 17, 2026, with a feedback deadline of September 17, 2026. According to the draft, the document applies to controlled thermonuclear fusion facilities equipped with thermonuclear reactors or thermonuclear devices. The scope of application includes thermonuclear devices with a neutron production intensity exceeding 10²⁰ neutrons per second, or, in pulsed operation with a single pulse of less than 1 second, exceeding 10²⁰ neutrons per pulse, as well as...

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U.S. Fusion Company Discloses Texatron Platform Progress and Capital Markets Plans

U.S. Fusion Company Discloses Texatron Platform Progress and Capital Markets Plans

2026-08-17

American Fusion disclosed to shareholders on August 14 the latest developments in the global fusion energy industry, data center electricity demand in Texas, and the company's capital markets arrangements. The company stated that its Texatron fusion engine under development remains in the testing and engineering validation phase, and whether it can be used for commercial power supply in the future depends on multiple conditions, including test plans, regulatory approvals, financing, scaled production, and commercialization progress. American Fusion stated that its long-term goal is to develop the Texatron platform into a scalable distributed power source and explore supplying electricity to data centers, hospitals, defense facilities, industrial facilities, and other customers through a power-as-a-service model.

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US experiment reveals diamond melting behavior under high pressure, potentially advancing inertial confinement fusion research

US experiment reveals diamond melting behavior under high pressure, potentially advancing inertial confinement fusion research

2026-08-17

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory published a new study in Nature Physics documenting the melting process of diamond at pressures approximately three times greater than those at Earth's core. The experiments showed that under high-pressure conditions, diamond floats in liquid metallic carbon, similar to how ice floats in water. This finding helps improve inertial confinement fusion experimental models and provides new evidence for understanding the potential "diamond rain" phenomenon inside ice giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus. The latest melting experiments confirmed that under high pressure, diamond floats in liquid metallic carbon, just as ice floats in a glass of water. (Concept image: James Wickboldt/LLNL) The research team stated...

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Machine learning framework predicts micro-displacements of DIII-D fusion device coils

Machine learning framework predicts micro-displacements of DIII-D fusion device coils

2026-08-17

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) and collaborating teams have developed a machine learning framework that can predict subtle changes in critical fusion device hardware before the next experiment begins. The method targets the DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, and the findings have been published in the journal Machine Learning with Applications. Interior of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility tokamak. (Image courtesy of General Atomics) DIII-D is a tokam...

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Kazakhstan's Institute of Nuclear Physics Plans to Expand Medical Radioisotope Production and Export

The Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of Kazakhstan is progressively expanding the applications of radioisotopes and radiation technologies, with related products already used in cancer diagnosis and treatment, industrial production, and scientific research. Institute Director Sayabek Sakhiyev stated that radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical production is one of the institute's key applied activities, covering the full chain from scientific research and research reactor operation to radiochemical technology development and medical applications. Currently, INP produces three main categories of radiopharmaceuticals: sodium iodide I-131 for thyroid disease treatment, Mo-99/Tc-99m related products for radionuclide diagnostics, and...

2026-08-18

German research team achieves ultra-compact plasma photocathode injection

A research team from institutions including the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf in Germany has demonstrated an ultra-compact plasma photocathode injection scheme integrated into a hybrid plasma wakefield accelerator on the DRACO laser facility. The study utilized a 150 TW-class laser system to drive a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA), generating high-peak-current electron beams, which in turn drove a subsequent particle beam wakefield accelerator (PWFA), completing the generation and acceleration of witness electron beams within millimeter-scale plasma structures. Plasma wakefield accelerators can produce accelerating fields far exceeding those of conventional radiofrequency linear accelerators, but how to obtain high-quality, high-brightness electron beams in compact devices...

2026-08-18

Korea's COSMAX Partners with Pohang Accelerator Laboratory to Use Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator for Cosmetics R&D

COSMAX, a global cosmetics ODM company, announced on the 18th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (PAL) in Korea to conduct cosmetics R&D using advanced scientific and technological infrastructure such as the synchrotron radiation accelerator. At the MOU signing ceremony held at the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, COSMAX Group Chairman Lee Kyung-soo (left) poses with PAL Director Kim Jae-young. / Photo provided by COSMAX. According to reports, the Pohang Synchrotron Radiation Accelerator (PLS-II) operated by the Pohang Accelerator Laboratory generates light more than 10 billion times brighter than sunlight, enabling atomic-scale analysis of nanoscale material structures. Currently, the facility has been used for microstructural research across multiple industrial fields, including new drugs, semiconductors, and new materials.

2026-08-18

Decoding the Clinical-Radiological Paradox: Brain Network Mechanisms in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 Revealed

On August 17, the team of Professor Liu Chen and Professor Wang Jian from the Department of Radiology at Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University, in collaboration with Professor Long Zhiliang's team from the Faculty of Psychology at Southwest University, systematically revealed for the first time the micro-level molecular pathological mechanisms underlying macroscopic brain network decoupling in patients with spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) by integrating multimodal magnetic resonance imaging technology with high-resolution micro-biological atlases. This provides a novel perspective and objective imaging targets for resolving the clinical-radiological dissociation challenge in clinical diagnosis and treatment. The findings were published in the internationally leading journal in the field of movement disorders under the title "Putaminal Structure-Function Decoupling as an Early Candidate Imaging Biomarker for Motor Severity in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3."

2026-08-18

World's first laser plasma accelerator-driven high-resolution muon imaging experiment to launch in Romania

Ideon Technologies, a global subsurface detection muon tomography company, is participating in an international research consortium to conduct the world's first high-resolution muon imaging experiment driven entirely by a laser plasma accelerator. The experiment aims to use a compact accelerator to produce muon beams on demand for non-destructive high-resolution imaging, with applications targeting mineral production, critical infrastructure, cargo inspection, medical imaging, semiconductors, nuclear security, and space radiation testing. Consortium members include the University of Texas at Austin, the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) facility team, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, ELI-Beamlines, and Tau Systems.

2026-08-18

USTC Achieves Cold-Atom Comagnetometer

Recently, researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in collaboration with Lu Zhengtian and Xia Tian from the Hefei National Laboratory, realized a cold-atom comagnetometer using optical quantum control methods. The research team co-trapped two ytterbium isotopes in the same optical trap and synchronously measured their spin precession, achieving a magnetic field noise suppression factor exceeding 30,000. This achievement establishes a spin sensing platform with micron-scale spatial resolution, providing a new avenue for studying spin-dependent short-range interactions. The related research, titled "Cold-atom comagnetometry via optical control of spin states," was published in Nature Photonics on August 17.

2026-08-18