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 collaboration ...

Nuclear fusion, the technology that could one day provide clean and nearly limitless energy, has just taken a major leap ...

Fusion energy startup Realta Fusion, a University of Wisconsin-Madison partner, announced they are moving into the next phase ...

Competition among the U.S., China, and Europe in fusion technology development is crucial for accelerating progress, ensuring ...

The fusion reactor’s electromagnetic “heart” is complete, bringing us one step closer to clean, infinite energy—though there's still a long road ahead.

Stellarators use external magnetic coils to generate complex magnetic fields that confine plasma inside the reactor. But those fields can struggle to contain fast-moving particles, especially ...

Researchers have made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean, endless energy. A team at General Atomics, a U.S. Department of ...

Scientists have used collision detection--pioneered in video games--to achieve huge efficiency gains in nuclear fusion.

“In the world’s largest stellarator facility, high-energy helium-3 ions were generated for the first time using ion cyclotron ...

From assembly to first plasma in just two years is remarkably fast, but Song Yuntao—the project’s chief engineer from the ...

Advancements in fusion energy modeling, including a new guiding center model, enhance plasma simulations and address key ...

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 energy by smashing atoms together ...