{"id":199191,"date":"2024-11-10T12:27:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/beyond-tungsten-scientists-unveil-game-changing-materials-for-fusion-reactors"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:27:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T18:27:26","slug":"beyond-tungsten-scientists-unveil-game-changing-materials-for-fusion-reactors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/beyond-tungsten-scientists-unveil-game-changing-materials-for-fusion-reactors","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Tungsten: Scientists Unveil Game-Changing Materials for Fusion Reactors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/beyond-tungsten-scientists-unveil-game-changing-materials-for-fusion-reactors.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy a reality?<\/p>\n<p>Exploring nuclear fusion as a clean energy source reveals a critical need for advanced plasma-facing materials. MARVEL lab researchers identified materials that might withstand fusion\u2019s extreme conditions and proposed alternatives to tungsten, the current choice.<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear fusion and the material challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy a reality? Exploring nuclear fusion as a clean energy source reveals a critical need for advanced plasma-facing materials. MARVEL lab researchers identified materials that might withstand fusion\u2019s extreme conditions and proposed alternatives to tungsten, the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}