Fusion power has long been sold as the technology that could light our cities with the same process that powers the stars. Now a new line of research suggests those same reactors might also be ...

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UBC boosts fusion reactions with electrochemical loading in a benchtop reactor, opening new paths for fusion research. (CREDIT: ...

If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an ...

Researchers in Germany are developing a new electrochemical method to coat fusion reactors with ...

After many years of experiments, the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is decommissioning the world's longest-running fusion tokamak. The project housing this machine is known as the Joint European ...

F our years into Russia’s war with Ukraine, nearly all ties between Russian and European science have been severed. Russian ...

“We got neutrons, yeah!” The shout came after years of after-school effort inside a Dallas home, where a seventh grader had been quietly assembling a machine most people only encounter in advanced ...

EAST’s accomplishment is notable since the density limit has long prevented researchers from increasing plasma density past a certain point. Higher plasma density has historically been associated with ...

What’s a major challenge to making next-generation fission and fusion sources of electricity work economically in the 2030s? It’s to ensure that the advanced materials selected for the reactors’ ...

The Thunderbird Reactor is small enough to fit on a lab bench, making it possible for universities and small labs to join the race. “We hope this work helps bring fusion science out of the giant ...