A New Zealand fusion startup is the only one pursuing the levitating dipole approach
skdh · x · 2026-10-14
Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder highlights that a nuclear fusion startup in New Zealand is the only company in the world working on the "levitating dipole" approach, a niche alternative to mainstream tokamak and stellarator designs that uses a superconducting coil floating within the plasma for magnetic confinement. Details are in the linked article.
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