Press

Focus Fusion in the media.

Entries in this department, ordered by date:

LPP in the Economist

Oct 23, 2009

Eric Lerner and LPP are featured in the Economist!

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has issued a press release on their first shots. Here is the LPP Press Release as a pdf file and LPP Press Release as a word doc. LPP (and FFS) for that matter, need help expanding their list of science journalists to send press releases to. If you have suggestions, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

Discover magazine Runs Article on Focus Fusion

May 06, 2008

The June issue of Discover magazine has a very favorable, if brief, article on focus fusion in their Ideas section. This is certainly the broadest coverage we have had in the mass media and will helpfully open up new opportunities.

Eric Lerner Presents Focus Fusion at Google Tech Talks

Oct 07, 2007

See Eric Lerner presenting focus fusion at the Google Tech Talks on October 3. Click here for the Google Tech Talk video.

Focus Fusion Reported in New York Times

Feb 28, 2007

Research in focus fusion gained new public awareness with the publication February 27 of an article on alternative routes to fusion in the New York Times. While the article emphasized sonofusion attempting to produce fusion reactions in bubbles in liquid, it also described other fusion alternatives, including four paragraphs on focus fusion. The section briefly described the plasma focus device, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics’ collaborations and LPP President Eric Lerner’s estimate that a prototype can be developed in six years for about $10 million. The magnetic field effect that can cut energy losses is also mentioned. To read the article online, click here. (free registration is required.)