China plans to start construction of the world’s first fusion-fission power plant, with the aim of generating 100 megawatts ...

Munich-based Marvel Fusion, founded in 2019, has announced the extension of its Series B funding round by €50m ($54m), ...

After ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

July 16, 1945, marked a turning point in history with the first nuclear test, named Trinity, in the New Mexico desert in the ...

Creating a clean energy source is the dream we are all striving for,” says Texas A&M engineer Dr. T.S. Satish Bukkapatnam who ...

When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device.

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

Researchers have determined that six gas valves provide the best protection against plasma disruptions in SPARC, a next-generation, experimental fusion system. By refining the setup for the fusion ...

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University consider how to efficiently and sustainably power artificial intelligence sustainably.

Scientists have discovered a mercury-free method to isolate lithium-6, a vital ingredient in nuclear fusion fuel. The breakthrough emerged by accident during water purification research and uses a ...

Lithium-6 is essential for producing nuclear fusion fuel, but isolating it from the much more common isotope, lithium-7, usually requires liquid mercury, which is extremely toxic. Now, researchers ...