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"Scientists solve mystery of why comets emit X-rays"

"AWAKE experiment at CERN demonstrates for the first time electron acceleration in a plasma wave generated by a proton beam"

"Solving a 25-year-old mystery brings compact particle accelerators closer to reality"

"Table top plasma gets wind of solar turbulence"

"Efficient plasma heating using radio-frequency waves"

"Post-Doctoral researcher at IST wins the John Dawson PhD prize"

"H2020-FETOPEN Project PEGASUS approved with 4M€ funding"

"Life on Mars? Astronauts will be able to create oxygen using plasmas"

"Does Light travel straight? In an Optical Tornado, it spins"

"Taking combustion to extreme high-pressure levels"

"IST is part of the consortium for one of the biggest robotics contract to date in the field of fusion energy"

"Gulbenkian award to two young researchers at IPFN" [PT]

"Towards gigawatt sub-femtosecond pulses in the water window"

"IST will develop new x-ray camera capable of creating threedimensional images"

"IPFN celebrates a contract of 8,5 million euros with ITER" [PT]

"IPFN leads winning consortium for ITER position control diagnostic"

"Portugal at the top 4 of participants in earth’s largest nuclear fusion experiment"

"Successful operation of an innovative plasma position control system using microwave reflectometry developed by IPFN"

"IPFN integrates the consortium of engineering services supply for ITER" [PT]

"Two members of IPFN selected for Administration positions on the European Fusion Programme" [PT]

"The world's brightest gamma ray beam"

"IPFN celebrates a contract of one million euros with ITER for the first time" [PT]

"Laser-plasma accelerators ride on Einstein's shoulders"