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Mykonos sets two new facility records
Post, February 9, 2026 • Post Author: Maren W. Hatch During experiments in October and November 2025, a Load Current Multiplier (LCM) was successfully tested on the Mykonos pulsed-power facility, constituting the first deployment of a compact LCM hardware design on a low-inductance pulsed-power system. The experiments demonstrated a current multiplication factor of >1.5X at...

Mykonos ZNetUS CY26 Allocations Announced
Post, February 9, 2026 • Post Author: Nathan R. Hines The Mykonos facility ZNetUS proposal allocations have been announced for calendar year 2026. Three projects have been awarded to study Magnetically Insulated Transmission Line (MITL) plasma effects on target load surfaces [Bruno Bauer, UNR], develop a low density plasma millimeter-wave reflectometer [Mark Gilmore, UNM], and...

New research of electrothermal instability evolution on an intensely Ohmically heated z-pinch rod under dynamically applied axial magnetic field
Post, December 3, 2025 • Post Author: Thomas J. Awe (left top) Orientation of current flow around the HRC, generating a positive axial field component. Note that the red-colored 1.00-mm-diameter surface can be fully viewed from 0° and 180° diagnostic lines of sight. (left bottom) Orientation of current flow downward through the z pinch, generating...