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España Cuántica 2025 – Closing the International Year of Quantum Science & Technology

On 27–28 November 2025, Juan Manuel Sánchez represented our group at the España Cuántica conference, the grand finale of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology. The event took place at the Fundación Ramón Areces headquarters and was organized in collaboration with the Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF), the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS), with support from the Quantum Spain initiative.

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Special Issue in Applied Sciences journal

A new Special Issue on Current Advances in Nuclear Fusion Technology in the journal Applied Sciences opened for submissions in November 2025. Alejandro Soba, member of the Fusion group at BSC, is serving as Guest Editor and will oversee the full publication process.

This Special Issue highlights the latest advances in overcoming scientific and engineering challenges on the path to practical fusion energy. It features research on plasma behaviour, reactor modelling, and instability control, including turbulent transport, MHD stability, and multi-physics simulations that link plasma dynamics with material response. Studies explore plasma–material interactions, heating and fuelling methods, and laser–plasma processes for inertial confinement fusion. Contributions also address fast particle physics, burning plasma self-heating, high-performance scenario control, and resilient reactor materials. Together, these innovations advance diagnostics, power exhaust technologies, and overall reactor design, marking an important step toward achieving safe and sustainable fusion energy.

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BSC Fusion Group Joins Fusion Panel at Cleantech Forum Europe

The session “Integrating Fusion into the EU Energy Roadmap” is starting at the Cleantech Forum Europe 2025 in Sitges, Spain with the introduction by the session organizer Zainab Gilani.

On 12 November 2025, BSC’s Fusion Group participated in a high-level panel discussion at the Cleantech Forum Europe 2025 in Sitges, Spain. The session, titled “Integrating Fusion into the EU Energy Roadmap,” brought together leading voices from research, industry, and policy to discuss Europe’s evolving role in the global fusion energy landscape.

The panel was moderated by Zainab Gilani (Cleantech Group) and included Mervi Mantsinen (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), Richard Kembleton (Gauss Fusion), and Pierre-Yves Chaffard (Fusion for Energy).

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Visit of BSC team to ITER

The BSC team visiting ITER. From left to right: D. Gallart, M. Mantsinen, J. M. Cela, F. Cucchietti, F. Cipolletta, T. Andrade. Photo taken by C. Moutte (ITER).

On October 2, a group from the Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) department at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC) visited the ITER Organisation in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. The group included CASE director J. M. Cela; Fusion group members M. Mantsinen, D. Gallart and F. Cipolletta; and Data Pre & Post Processing group members F. Cucchietti and T. Andrade.

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My Summer Internship at BSC

Hello! My name is Raquel Trull Báguena, an undergraduate student at UPC in Mathematics and Engineering Physics. For the last nine weeks, I have participated in the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) International Summer HPC Internship Programme within the Fusion group. They welcomed me with open arms, and I would like to share my experience of my work this summer.

I have been working under the mentorship of Alejandro Soba and Eduardo Cabrera, to whom I could not be more grateful. From the very first day, they made sure I was accompanied throughout this whole process, solving my every doubt and maintaining a fun environment.

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