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

A powerful, open-source software package named OpenMC has emerged as a cornerstone in the global effort to develop the next generation of nuclear energy. Recently honored with an R&D 100 Award, the ...

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean ...

What if the key to solving the world’s energy crisis was hidden in a process so ambitious, so technically demanding, that even experts once dismissed it as science fiction? For decades, nuclear fusion ...

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

A fusion reactor could pave the way for massive generation of clean energy.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun-mimicking technology known as nuclear fusion hopes to create “limitless” energy by smashing light nuclei together using ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the race for clean energy, no technology is quite as promising as nuclear fusion, but the road toward energy freedom is filled with barriers that ...

Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...

“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 ...

Germany has become a surprising dark horse in the race for commercial nuclear fusion by committing €1.7 billion in funding to build the world's first commercial fusion reactor. German company Proxima ...

Recent breakthroughs in plasma density and duration at facilities in China, France, and South Korea have removed key technical barriers to fusion development. Major international projects like ITER, ...