The scientific community has a plan for achieving fusion power. It involves getting a better understanding of how to control fusion in a tokamak-style reactor using the currently under construction ...

China's EAST reactor is targeting fusion ignition by 2027, with a second project poised to generate electricity - putting Beijing ahead in the global race for clean energy.

China is racing forward in its effort to pave the way in fusion energy science, and state-sponsored media reported earlier this week that one of the country’s next-gen reactors is now under ...

Reactor-scale magnets successfully contained 100 million-degree Fahrenheit plasma, edging commercial fusion energy a step ...

Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening ...

The device, part of the CRAFT artificial sun reactor, sets new international benchmark in push for clean energy The world's ...

In the universe, thermonuclear fusion is a common reaction: it is the source of energy for stars. On Earth, producing energy using this process is difficult due to problems with controlling the plasma ...

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

Although nuclear fusion is exceedingly easy to achieve, as evidenced by desktop fusors, the real challenges begin to pop up whenever you try to sustain a plasma for extended periods of time, never ...

A fusion reactor dismantled in the UK and reassembled in the Czech Republic celebrated its first plasma late last year. The $32 million device was handed over for a symbolic £1. A fusion reactor ...

There is a well-known saying among nuclear physicists that commercial nuclear fusion is about ten years away – and always will be. But a series of announcements by American startups and state-backed ...