Investors are pouring billions into fusion companies, encouraged by breakthroughs that they contend have put a sustained ...

The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) achieved fusion ignition for the eighth time on April 7, producing a net-energy gain from a controlled ...

Scientists in Germany achieved a breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy with Wendelstein 7-X. The reactor sustained a fusion experiment for 43 seconds, surpassing previous records. Nuclear fusion ...

The world’s largest and most powerful superconducting electromagnet is ready to become the pulsing “heart” inside of a massive tokamak nuclear fusion reactor. Developed over 40 years in ...

SINGAPORE, May 1 (Reuters) - A much-delayed nuclear fusion project involving more than 30 countries is ready to assemble the world's most powerful magnet - a key part of efforts to generate clean ...

Also called a thermonuclear weapon, it relies on a small atomic bomb to kickstart the fusion of two hydrogen isotopes ... A lightweight bomb with the ability to torch enemy drone fleets or critical ...

Nuclear fusion reactors, if and when they become practical, will need a steady supply of fuel. The source of that fuel is the uncommon lithium isotope lithium-6. And the established process to ...

Limitless power from nuclear fusion may be a step closer following the accidental discovery of a new process to supply the isotope lithium-6, which is vital to providing fuel for a sustainable ...

China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak achieved a sustained temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, marking a significant milestone in nuclear fusion research. The potential of ...

Nuclear fusion is a technology with the ultimate goal of controlling naturally unstable plasma. It uses even fewer resources and less fuel than fission, which was already very concentrated ...

The global race toward creating an energy source that is carbon-free, consistent, and low risk is more than a decade in the making—and Helion Energy believes the end is in sight. The ...

Scientists in China on a quest to build a nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing unlimited, low-cost energy have achieved a sustained plasma temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius ...