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National Institute for Fusion Science

Research Activities

Research Report2025

EurekAlert!Press Release October 22, 2025
Discovery of new mechanism concerning plasma confinement performance

Around the world, research is advancing to efficiently confine fusion plasma and harness its immense energy for power generation. ...

EurekAlert!Press Release June 2, 2025
Information entropy untangles vortices and flows in turbulent plasmas

Turbulence in nature refers to the complex, time-dependent, and spatially varying fluctuations that develop in fluids such as water, air, and plasma. ...

Press Release March 26, 2025
Development of a Key Component for Laser Fusion

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Otsu, Shiga, Japan; President: Akira Kishimoto), Institute of Laser Engineering at Osaka University, National Institute of Fusion Science, and Kyoto University have developed "Glass Faraday Element" as key component of large high-power lasers. ...

EurekAlert!Press Release January 22, 2025
Clarifying the mechanism of coupled plasma fluctuations using simulations

In nature, phenomena in which multiple fluctuations occur in a coupled manner are frequently observed. ...