China is developing Xinghuo, the world's first fusion-fission reactor, set to be operational by 2030. If successful, it could ...

Fusion has the potential to be a new source of affordable, carbon-free energy. ITER, as it’s called, is a mind-blowingly complex project, involving harnessing plasma that is even hotter than our sun.

China recently shook the AI space with its DeepSeek R1. China's next surprise could be in the field of energy as it works to ...

A multibillion-dollar project is set to be constructed in China, the country's latest move in a push for nuclear energy.

Nuclear fusion is a source of great hope for future energy security, with this field being explored in research reactors ...

Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...

Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...

In the southeastern region of France, a team of 2,000 physicists, scientists, and workers are busy building the world’s ...

Five Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists were named AAAS fellows for their outstanding contributions in physics, ...

A Knoxville-based fusion powerhouse says it's solved the fundamental science of harnessing the sun's power to produce electricity.

If 100 megawatt hybrid plant is on schedule, it could put China decades ahead of comparable efforts in the rest of the world.

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as much and building projects faster.