Last month, the nearest star to the Earth was in California. In a laboratory, for the first time, the world's largest lasers forced atoms of hydrogen to fuse together in the same kind of energy ...

US scientists have reached a major milestone in their attempts to perfect a process which could potentially deliver almost limitless supplies of energy. Nuclear fusion does not rely on fossil fuels or ...

If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the early ...

In the final month of 2022, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ended a rough year with a bang by reproducing the power of the sun in a laboratory, sparking forward-looking interest ...

Scientists pursuing fusion energy say they have found a way to overcome one of their biggest challenges to date — by using artificial intelligence. Nuclear fusion has for decades been hailed as a near ...

For long-time followers of fusion energy, Tokamak Hall is the high-water mark after decades of ups and downs. From an observation deck on the side, the surgically-clean, hospital-white room feels both ...

Fusion energy is having a moment. Last week, Commonwealth Fusion Energy Systems, which is backed by Google, announced it had raised nearly $3 billion in capital and would start developing a fusion ...

In a gleaming warehouse complex north of Seattle, David Kirtley is building what he hopes will be the future of power generation. Standing in front of a set of aluminum coils that look like an ...

General Fusion announced on Tuesday that it had successfully created plasma, a superheated fourth state of matter required for fusion, inside a prototype reactor. The milestone marks the beginning of ...

The industry is getting billions, but it’s way too early to count on fusion to meet growing electricity demand. This week, Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it has another customer for its first ...