Shortcut in 'magnetic bottles' design offers an answer to a complex 70-year-old fusion challenge

Abundant, low-cost, clean energy--the envisioned result if scientists and engineers can successfully produce a reliable method of generating and sustaining fusion energy--has taken one step closer to reality, as a team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Type One Energy Group has solved a longstanding problem in the field.