CIP 2026: Italy’s First National Conference on Plasma Science Held in Frascati

The first Italian Conference on Plasmas (CIP 2026, February 3–6) has just concluded at the ENEA Research Center in Frascati. The event brought together 150 representatives from research institutions and universities to discuss the main application areas of plasma science, ranging from nuclear fusion and astrophysics to low-temperature plasmas and their many industrial applications. The

Successful Acceptance Tests of the First Gyrotron for the DTT ECRH Heating System

The acceptance tests of the first gyrotron for the ECRH heating system of the DTT tokamak have been successfully completed. DTT is an important national project in which CNR is a partner. This achievement represents a key milestone toward the implementation of the ECRH system and the future operation of DTT, with ISTP playing a

Researchers’ Night 2024: Science Meets the Public in Piazza del Duomo

On Friday, September 27th, from 4:00 PM to 11:00 PM, under the arches of the Arengario in Piazza del Duomo, the highly anticipated Researchers’ Night will take place. This event is part of the project “Co.Science – Meet Research To Connect Science And Society” organized by CNR, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Museo Nazionale Scienza e

First Institute Workshop Concluded

Group photo of the participants in the first edition of “The Round Tables of ISTP”, Bari, 16-18 September 2024.

ISTP gathers in Bari

From September 16th to 18th, the Institute for Plasma Science and Technology will gather for its first Institute workshop in Bari, at the Interuniversity Department of Physics! The agenda of the 1st ISTP Workshop can be found here.

A new method for measuring fusion power

Recently, a group of researchers from ISTP, in collaboration with their associates from the University of Milan Bicocca, Italian researchers from ENEA research center in Frascati and University of Milan and a group foreign researchers, demonstrated a new and alternative method for measuring fusion power in tokamaks using a deuterium and tritium mixture.The method, demonstrated

Article #9 – The Article of Research – CNR meets the schools

‘The Republic promotes the development of culture and scientific and technical research. (omissis).’ This is what Article 9 of the Constitution says, establishing among the fundamental principles the strategic role played by Research and Science for the development and innovation of communities. On Feb. 29, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Expo

JET’s final tritium experiments yield new energy record

The Joint European Torus (JET), one of the world’s largest and most powerful fusion experiment, has demonstrated the ability to reliably generate fusion energy, whilst simultaneously setting a world-record in energy output. The third and final series of deuterium-tritium experiments at the UKAEA’s Joint European Torus successfully achieved high fusion power, consistently produced for 5

JT-60SA: Inauguration ceremony

On Friday December 1st 2023 starting at 6:00 CET, the Inauguration Ceremony of the JT-60SA tokamak will take place at Naka site in Japan, hosted by the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) and Fusion for Energy, with representatives and guests from both Japan and Europe. The Director of the CNR Department of

New solutions for future fusion power plants tested at the Joint European Torus

The EUROfusion consortium announced the completion of the third deuterium-tritium experimental campaign at the Joint European Torus (JET). The third and final series of deuterium-tritium experiments at the UKAEA’s Joint European Torus successfully achieved its goal! The campaign investigated the processes that will come into play in future fusion power plants, like fuel retention in