Early fusion research devices were variants on the Z-pinch and used electrical current to generate a poloidal magnetic field to contain the plasma along a linear axis between two points.

Early uses focused on fusion research in donut-shaped tubes with the Z-axis running down the inside the tube, modern devices are generally cylindrical and used to generate high-intensity x-ray sources for the study of nuclear weapons and other roles.

Early in the story, Talia poses as a business woman named Miranda Tate who helps Wayne Enterprises with their attempt to create a nuclear fusion reactor.

Early thermonuclear weapon designs such as the Joe-4, the Soviet " Layer Cake " (" Sloika ", ), used large amounts of fusion to induce fission in the uranium-238 atoms that make up depleted uranium.

Early research on the role of antioxidants in biology focused on their use in preventing the oxidation of unsaturated fats, which is the cause of rancidity.

Early EVM research showed that the areas of planning and control are significantly impacted by its use ; and similarly, using the methodology improves both scope definition as well as the analysis of overall project performance.

Early research suggested that IC / BPS prevalence ranged from 1 in 100, 000 to 5. 1 in 1, 000 of the general population.

Early in his career, Rushton did research on altruism.

Early in the 1970s, Thelma Moss and Kendall Johnson at the Center for Health Sciences at the UCLA conducted extensive research into Kirlian photography.

Early planning and research were carried out by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ( NACA ), but the program was officially conducted by its successor organization, NASA.

Early parapsychological research employed the use of Zener cards in experiments designed to test for the existence of telepathy | telepathic communication.

Early research was considered inconclusive, and parapsychologists were faced with strong opposition from their academic colleagues.

Early studies prompted the European Commission in 1999 to ban stevia's use in food in the European Union pending further research.

* Earnshaw Cook: Early researcher and proponent of statistical baseball research.

Early research by John von Neumann established that replicators have several parts:

Early efforts at codifying the Acts of Congress were undertaken by private publishers ; these were useful shortcuts for research purposes, but had no official status.

As well, two collections go beyond the original boundaries of our research to cover other parts of the British Isles, RED ( Records of Early Drama ): Scotland and Wales.

Early gender identity research hypothesized a single bipolar dimension of masculinity / femininity ; that is masculinity and femininity were opposites on one continuum.

Early research indicated that some transverse arching curves of the plates of golden age violins are closely modeled by curtate cycloid curves.

His research in cognitive psychology has won the Early Career Award ( 1984 ) and Boyd McCandless Award ( 1986 ) from the American Psychological Association, the Troland Research Award ( 1993 ) from the National Academy of Sciences, the Henry Dale Prize ( 2004 ) from the Royal Institution of Great Britain, and the George Miller Prize ( 2010 ) from the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.

* O ' Flaherty, Ronan ; The Early Bronze Age halberd: a history of research and a brief guide to the sources, pp. 74-94, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Vol. 128 ( 1998 ).

Early research into circadian rhythms suggested that most people preferred a day closer to 25 hours when isolated from external stimuli like daylight and timekeeping.

Early research sought to restore pagan religion practiced at the time.

Early in the 20th century Dexter became the focus of research that would confirm the existence of an abundance of naturally occurring and readily available helium.

Early research on primates provided explanations as to the functions of the amygdala, as well as a basis for further research.

Early in his research career he studied genetics, using the popular model organism Drosophila melanogaster ( fruit flies ).

Early press coverage was " mixed ", generally a combination of " embarrassment and puzzlement ".

Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Baroque.

Early long arms, from the Renaissance up to the mid-1800s, were generally smoothbore firearms that fired one or more ball shot, called muskets.

Early in Classical Greece, that the earth is a sphere (" round "), was generally known by all, and around 240 BCE, Eratosthenes ( 276 BCE – 194 BCE ) accurately estimated its circumference.

Early house music was generally dance-based music characterized by repetitive 4 / 4 beats and rhythms centered around drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals and synthesized basslines.

English-speaking historians, following their German counterparts, generally subdivide the Middle Ages into three intervals: " Early ", " High " and " Late ".

Early mages cultivated their magical beliefs alone or in small groups, generally conforming to and influencing the belief systems of their societies.

Early nutritional scientists such as the German Carl von Voit believed that protein was the most important nutrient for maintaining the structure of the body, because it was generally believed that " flesh makes flesh.

The timeframe is also slightly different, in that " Renaissance " tends to refer to events over a generally earlier period than " Early Modern ".

Early designs were generally rectangular in cross-section, with the tip bent up through the application of steam.

Early on, Smear was the only musically experienced member — Doom survived early performances by sliding a finger up and down the fretboard of her bass while Rhia generally kept a minimal beat on the bass drum, periodically bashing a cymbal.

The third millennium BC is generally described as the Early Bronze Age of Mesopotamia, which ends approximately after the demise of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the 21st century BC.

World War II, the American Civil War, and the Napoleonic Wars are the most popular historical categories, with other subjects generally being broken down as Ancients, Middle Ages, Early Gunpowder, and Modern.

* Jean Hey ( – ), now generally identified with the artist formerly known as the Master of Moulins, Early Netherlandish painter.

It is generally proposed that a proto-Thracian people developed from a mixture of indigenous peoples and Indo-Europeans from the time of Proto-Indo-European expansion in the Early Bronze Age when the latter, around 1500 BC, conquered the indigenous peoples.

Early pies were much larger than those consumed today, and oblong shaped ; the jurist John Selden presumed that " the coffin of our Christmas-Pies, in shape long, is in Imitation of the Cratch crib ", although writer T. F. Thistleton-Dyer thought Selden's explanation unlikely, as " in old English cookery books the crust of a pie is generally called ' the coffin.

Early fall and late winter are generally driest, with October being the driest month by average daily precipitation, averaging for the month.

Early decorative elements were generally semi-circular, but later of roughly triangular shape with moulded ornament, often palmate.

Early examples of workstations were generally dedicated minicomputers ; a system designed to support a number of users would instead be reserved exclusively for one person.

These works are generally in the Early Netherlandish style, and were probably executed under his patronage and direction, so that he may be said to have formed a school of the fine arts in sculpture, painting, goldsmith's work and tapestry.

Early fall and mid winter are generally driest, with October being the driest month with only 74. 7 mm of average precipitation.

Early on, Captain Hero was often the most serious and competent of the Super Teens, and the others would defer to his leadership, in contrast to Jughead's perceived status as Archie's sidekick and a generally lazy individual.

Early settlers recorded that they generally traded buffalo robes, deer skins, dried meat and tallow.

In the Early Iron Age, Maiden Castle was generally unexceptional ; it was one of over 100 hill forts of similar size built around the same time in the area that is now Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire.