It’s rarely appreciated just how much more complicated nuclear fusion is than nuclear fission. Whereas the latter involves a process that happens all around us without any human involvement, and where ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...

A team at the Colorado School of Mines is working to create hydrogen membranes for use in nuclear fusion power plants. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects ...

Department of Energy scientists confirmed a new process that can help protect the interiors of tokamak fusion reactors. The team showed that they can successfully drop boron powder into ...

In a recent study, charged atoms, also known as ions, have been found to behave strangely during nuclear fusion reactions, in ways that scientists did not expect. According to a paper published on ...

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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: ...

Nuclear fusion, an energy generation method driven by the combination of two hydrogen atoms, has long been sought for its potential as a near-limitless source of energy. In the pursuit of cheap and ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major scientific breakthrough, decades in the making. Fusion, of course, is the ...

A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion by researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California will be announced by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at 10 a.m. ET. The ...

Helion Energy achieves plasma at a stunning 150 million degrees Celsius, well above the threshold to eventually generate stable fusion power.