Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have reported advancements in understanding plasma pressure profiles within flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion, a candidate for achieving ...

One approach involves a reactor called a Z pinch machine, which uses an electrical current inside a hot gas known as plasma to generate a magnetic field. This magnetic field then compresses ...

Zap Energy’s fusion reactor leverages Z-pinch physics, where a line of plasma carrying an electrical current generates a magnetic field that confines and compresses — “pinches” — the plasma.

Last year, its central mechanism, called a Z-pinch, fused isotopes of hydrogen to create nuclear fusion. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Peering into the center of Sandia National Laboratory’s Z machine ...

The Seattle-based startup has achieved a major milestone for its Z-pinch fusion technology, and is now working to make it a commercial reality via modular, garage-sized reactors that could be ...

The technique is known as “sheared flow Z-pinch.” Zap Energy’s “pinch” approach is not new. It may have been observed in the effects of lightning strikes as early as the 18th century and ...

Our Early Adopter Program offers forward-thinking organizations rights to purchase the first access to energy from MIFTI's SMR (Small Modular Reactors) Staged Z-Pinch Fusion Reactors and for ...

The generation just coming into adulthood now, Gen Z, is feeling especially pinched. NPR's Taylor Jennings-Brown has this report. TAYLOR JENNINGS-BROWN, BYLINE: If you want to know how Gen Z feels ...

Zap is taking a unique approach to fusion power known as sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch. Instead of using magnets or lasers to squeeze the plasma, it sends a bolt of electricity through a plasma ...

Zap Energy’s FuZE, its third generation Z-pinch device for creating fusion. (Zap Energy Photo) Zap was launched in 2017 by Nelson and fellow University of Washington professor Uri Shumlak ...