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  • The nurturing ground of the DIFFER facilities: 'This is the place where science and craftsmanship come together'

    … DIFFER, we have unique facilities for energy and materials research. Designing and making them is in the hands of an experienced team of researchers, mechanical engineers and technicians. A … soldering at very high temperatures is one of our showpieces. No one sees what you do when you make solder joints at …
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  • New routes for the energy transition

    … New routes for the energy transition Published on December 21, 2020 TNO, Utrecht University (UU), and DIFFER will set up new national research communities to speed up the energy transition. NWO … planning in the energy transition increases rapidly. Research questions in the second project are how to deal wit …
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  • Interview Anja Bieberle-Hütter: “I like to look at the bigger picture”

    … Bieberle-Hütter. As interim head of DIFFER’s solar fuels research theme, she is determined to help solving the … on its role as a national institute in both solar fuels and fusion research.“After working with small-scale setups for … partner,” Bieberle explains. Larger community Three pieces of equipment have been identified so far: a processing …
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  • DIFFER scientists invent new way to produce oxygen on Mars

    … Mars Published on August 25, 2022 An international team of researchers, including scientists from DIFFER, present a … They published their findings in the Journal of Applied Physics (open access). This new plasma-based solution is a … deliver high rates of molecule production per kilogram of instrumentation sent to space. Such a system could play a …
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  • Enthousiastic Young Brainport Summer School visits DIFFER

    … Brainport Summer School . The group went on a tour of the fusion and solar fuels laboratories and saw the Fusion Road … summer school by the Perimeter Institute and welcomes top physics students from around the world to the Eindhoven area. During the week-long event they visit research institutes, Eindhoven University of Technology and …
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  • Start-up of nuclear fusion reactors

    … Start-up of nuclear fusion reactors Similar to starting your car engine, we have … easy to start-up the tokamak. Thus, the broader aim of our research is to make this start-up process, just as reliable … buttons sounds simple: it may even be easier ;) Back to Research . …
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  • Sidestepping physics to run fusion power plants

    … Sidestepping physics to run fusion power plants Fusion energy may be the … its complex processes and machinery is a daunting task. Researchers at the Dutch Research Institute (DIFFER) think … its complex processes and machinery is a daunting task. Researchers at the Dutch Research Institute (DIFFER) think …
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  • Educating innovators: TU/e’s multidisciplinary impact on fusion research

    … Educating innovators: TU/e’s multidisciplinary impact on fusion research "Roger Jaspers, Chair of the Science and Technology … TU/e’s role in training fusion engineers and advancing research in the dynamic fusion field." November 22, 2024 The … TU/e’s role in training fusion engineers and advancing research in the dynamic fusion field." …
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  • First plasma in the Upgraded Pilot-PSI facility

    … on April 18, 2018 On Wednesday April 11th, the team of Fusion Facilities & Instrumentation at DIFFER achieved an important milestone by … facility Upgraded Pilot-PSI (UPP). With this new facility, research will be performed on what occurs in the top several …
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  • The potential of liquid-metal 3D-printed heat shields for fusion reactors

    … The potential of liquid-metal 3D-printed heat shields for fusion reactors    Attend this seminar? Use the registration … porous tungsten substrates for liquid metal accelerated LMD research at DIFFER, and the status of LMD concept development and testing for the EU-DEMO. About Peter Rindt …
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  • Grant for Jonathan Citrin with TU/e team

    … exploratory multidisciplinary AI (Artificial Intelligence) research.  Understanding plasma instability The motivation for the research lies in the fact that current fusion for energy experiments exhibit plasma instabilities … near future. As a consequence, it will make more accurate physics calculations more routinely available to …
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  • Venue

    … Eindhoven city centre, DIFFER is the Netherland's primary research institute focused on future energy. Founded in 1959 as FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, we have been the Dutch fusion research centre for over 65 years. We will welcome … Eindhoven city centre, DIFFER is the Netherland's primary research institute focused on future energy. Founded in 1959 …
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  • Podcast on technical challenges and future perspective of nuclear fusion

    … on technical challenges and future perspective of nuclear fusion Published on December 12, 2023 The American government sees nuclear fusion … director of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), discusses the technical challenges and … director of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), discusses the technical challenges and …
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  • Density control development for ITER

    … Density control development for ITER In a future commercial nuclear fusion reactor, the high temperature and density of the … the ITER nuclear fusion reactor. (Copyright: ITER) Back to Research . … the ITER nuclear fusion reactor. (Copyright: ITER) Back to Research . …
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  • DIFFER launches extended virtual tour: more research labs to visit

    … DIFFER launches extended virtual tour: more research labs to visit Published on November 28, 2025 What does a Dutch fundamental energy research institute look like from the inside? With DIFFER's … and wherever you want. To give you the full experience, recently multiple research labs have been added to the tour.  …
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