The stakes of the “race to fusion” are dramatic. Commercial fusion has the potential to deliver nearly unlimited energy by ...

"One day could provide vast amounts of the type of power we need." Officials unveil ambitious project that could transform ...

Helion Energy achieved temperatures of about 270 million degrees Fahrenheit as it works towards developing fusion power.

Experiments show fusion plasma can stay stable at higher densities by controlling reactor walls, challenging long-standing limits.

Zap Energy’s three-meter reactor uses a lead-lithium liquid wall, cutting hardware needs and bringing cleaner, modular power ...

Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have identified a new method to tame ...

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are centralizing their nuclear materials research within ...

As countries around the world race to rid themselves of fossil fuels, nuclear fusion presents the ultimate opportunity in its promise of an effectively limitless supply of clean energy. While it's ...

The promise of nuclear fusion feels simple. Just as stars fuse hydrogen into heavier elements to produce energy, a fusion reactor generates massive amounts of energy by combining lightweight particles ...

The world's largest operating nuclear fusion reactor just got a major boost, thanks to an assist from a U.S. lab, per Interesting Engineering. The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, part of the U.S.

China's Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak fusion facility (BEST) has entered a new construction phase as it speeds toward its 2027 target completion date. The state-run nuclear ...

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