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A new plasma duration record in Europe: on 12 February 2025, scientists from CEA-IRFM in southern France sustained a hydrogen plasma in the WEST tokamak for 1337 seconds (approximately 22 minutes) with an injected and extracted energy of 2.6 GJ. This was a 25% improvement on the previous record time achieved with EAST, in China, a few weeks previously.

At DIFFER we focus on creating economic and societal value from knowledge, leveraging our research infrastructure to collaborate with industry, reducing risks and costs while advancing technology. DIFFER has a prominent position in the innovation ecosystem. What is DIFFER doing to drive valorisation?

On February 11 it’s the ‘International day of women and girls in science’. A perfect occasion to put Ceren Tayran in the spotlights. Since October 2023 Ceren works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Autonomous Energy Materials Discovery group at DIFFER’s Chemical Energy department. What does it mean to her, being a woman working in science?

Travelling by plane without feeling guilty and saying goodbye to a large part of the CO₂ problem. That sounds like magic, doesn't it? In a Universiteit van Nederland video chemist Tess van Eeden explains how plasma chemistry can help to make the chemical industry more sustainable.

A consortium of Dutch technology companies – DEMCON, Thorizon, and VDL Group – signed a project agreement last December. Their shared mission: to achieve a breakthrough in the development of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), specifically molten salt reactors. DIFFER supports the development of these reactors through its unique DICE research facility.