One of the pillars of our group is the dissemination of knowledge in the fusion field. Therefore, we have participated in several media to achieve that goal. Next, there is a list of some of our appearances.
News
- Alfa (number 52) – España acelera en la carrera de la supercomputación
December, 2022. SPANISH.
Our team leader, Mervi Mantsinen, explains the critical role of selecting appropriate materials for building fusion reactors, requiring innovative solutions to withstand extreme temperature contrasts. She emphasizes the importance of high-performance computing for accelerating existing codes, developing new ones, and adapting BSC-CNS tools to fusion-related challenges, all aimed at adding value to the fusion community and highlighting the collaborative international effort to make fusion energy a reality. - Agencia EFE – Un experimento europeo alcanza un nuevo récord de energía de fusión
LA VANGUARDIA – Físicos británicos logran un récord de energía en un experimento de fusión nuclear
CIEMAT – Investigadoras del CIEMAT participan en un experimento europeo donde se ha alcanzado un nuevo récord de energía de fusión
February 9, 2022. SPANISH.
Researchers from our group have participated in a decisive European experiment where the mixture of deuterium and tritium (DT) fusion fuel, the one planned for ITER, has been used, reaching the fusion energy record of 59 megajoules, held for 5 seconds - EUROfusion – EUROfusion E-TASC enables 19 theory and advanced simulation projects
March 18, 2021. ENGLISH.
The EUROfusion consortium for the realisation of fusion energy has awarded funding for nineteen research projects and five advanced computing hubs (ACH) for the Work Plan 2021-2025. One of these ACHs will be located at Barcelona Supercomputing Center. - El Periodico – Referentes ocultos: 10 mujeres que inspiraron a las científicas de hoy
February 10, 2021. SPANISH.
Our team leader, Mervi Mantsinen, is one of the women selected in this newspaper article. - CIEMAT – Científicas españolas lideran experimentos de fusión históricos
January 21, 2021. SPANISH.
Our team leader, Mervi Mantsinen, is one of the women selected in this newspaper article. - IFMIF DONES – El Centro Nacional de Supercomputación de Barcelona reúne a casi 150 personas en un webinar sobre IFMIF-DONES
May 21, 2020. SPANISH.
Our group co-organized, as part of the FusionCAT project that we are coordinating, a webinar on the DEMO Oriented Neutron Source (DONES) project given by Dr Ángel Ibarra, the Director of the Division for Fusion Technologies at Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión, CIEMAT, Madrid (Spain) and the EUROfusion Work Package Early Neutron Source Definition and Design Project Leader. - Fusion in Europe – Dan Brown, MareNostrum and Postdocs in Barcelona
March 1, 2018. ENGLISH.
Our group appeared in an issue of this magazine. In the mentioned article our group leader, Mervi Mantsinen, explains the relation among the fusion and supercomputing fields. Sergi Girona, director of the Operations Department, talks about the announcement from the European Commission to invest EUR 1 billion in world-class supercomputers. And finally the article mentions that our group is looking for postdocs for the STARS programme. - La Vanguardia – ITER y Supercomputador de Barcelona simularán la generación de energía fusión
January 19, 2017. SPANISH.
The ITER Organization and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which they agreed on the importance of promoting and furthering academic and scientific cooperation in all academic and scientific fields of mutual interest and to advance the training of young researchers. - Fusion in Europe – How to tame plasma turbulence
December 12, 2016. ENGLISH.
Felipe Nathan Oliveira Lopes, as an intership student in our group, talked about his experience presenting a poster in the Transport Task Force Meeting, and the feedback and support he received from the members of the Meeting. - Academia Net – Fusion Research on the Rise
February 17, 2016. ENGLISH.
Online article featuring Mervi Mantsinen together with Professors Sibylle Guenther, Ursel Frantz and Tuende Fuellop. - La vanguardia – Una investigadora de Barcelona coordinará experimentos para preparar el ITER
June 24, 2015. SPANISH.
Our team leader Mervi Mantsinen was selected as one of the scientific coordinators of the experimental ITER preparation campaign.
Videos
- Els matins – Interview
December 14, 2022. CATALAN. Full video at TV3.
Dani Gallart, a researcher at Barcelona Supercomputing Center and EUROfusion project scientific coordinator, explains the reach of this scientific breakthrough in fusion inertial confinement that has been officially announced in the US. - EPS2020 – Presentation
June 22, 2020. ENGLISH.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) was chosen as the Local Organizer for the 47th European Physical Society (EPS) Conference on Plasma Physics on June 22-26, 2020, in Sitges, Spain. Our group participated in the organization of this event and prepared this video to present the event to the scientific community. - BSC Talks – Looking at the stars
December 20, 2018. ENGLISH. Video from Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
BSC researchers in the Fusion group Xavier Saez and Dani Gallart invite us to follow them on a trip to reach new clean energy inspired in the stars. Moreover, they explain to us the work being carried out by the fusion group in line with the EUROfusion roadmap. - BSC Talks – Looking at the stars. Trailer
November 16, 2018. ENGLISH.
A short video to present the fusion group candidature to give a talk in the “BSC talks” section at the BSC annual meeting 2018. - LAB24 – El nuevo MareNostrum 4
February 14, 2018. SPANISH. Full video at RTVE.
The new MareNostrum 4, the most powerful supercomputer in Spain at the service of science, is 14 times faster than its predecessor. Our research group appeared as an example of applying the new MareNostrum supercomputer to advance science. - El dia de l’endemà – L’energia
June 26, 2017. CATALAN. Full video at TV3.
Mervi Mantsinen participated in a TV program on Channel 33 regarding the prospects of fusion energy and its potential impact on society. The program was titled “El dia de demà” and is a documentary that investigates and discusses many possible future scenarios from the point of view of experts. The topics treated are various, ranging from education to energy sources.
Audios
- Fenòmens Naturals – Interview
June 10, 2023. CATALAN. Full audio at Ràdio Farró.
Dani Gallart, a researcher at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, was interviewed by Raúl Gallegos in the Fenòmens Naturals program by Ràdio darró for La 16th Festa de la Ciènciat at Barcelona.