Nuclear fusion is the holy grail of energy research. Two experiments in France and Massachusetts do fusion differently, but both are making progress. Reading time 6 minutes In September, a very large, ...

Depending on whom you ask, fusion power is either already here (but no one will purchase my sekrit design!), never going to happen (so stop wasting money!), or a difficult problem that might be a ...

Left: geometry of the SPARC tokamak showing the pump volume and the “louver” actuator that restricts gas flow between the plasma and pumping chambers. Right: neutral gas pressure increases strongly ...

Scientists developing a compact version of a nuclear fusion reactor have shown in a series of research papers that it should work, renewing hopes that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the ...

We may be one large step closer to a future driven by fusion power — the elusive, limitless, and zero-carbon energy source that’s even a step-up from renewables. A collaboration between MIT and a new ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a company commercializing fusion energy, recently announced a series of seven papers published and peer reviewed in a special edition of the Journal of Plasma ...

A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy was achieved, the first net energy gain. When will the “Holy Grail” of clean energy be available to the grid? Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore ...

A nuclear fusion startup led by scientists at MIT to create a revolutionary fusion nuclear reactor that would imitate the way the sun generates energy is getting ready to go on a hiring spree.

Fusion energy has long been a goal for scientists and sustainable energy proponents alike. In recent years, several private firms have joined the effort. Here, Alex Creely and Erica Salazar describe ...