Backed by Nvidia, Google, Mitsubishi, Bill Gates, and more, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) leads the nascent fusion sector in funding, contracts, and has the advantage of being founded earlier than most in 2018 through a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said its experimental nuclear reactor, dubbed the ‘artificial Sun’, achieved a plasma density that was previously thought impossible. Nuclear fusion holds the potential to produce near-limitless energy without leaving behind hazardous waste, with some heralding it the “holy grail” of clean energy.

The newly installed D-shaped magnet is the first of 18 that will form a doughnut-like structure to confine and compress plasma. Each magnet weighs about 24 tons and can generate a 20-tesla magnetic field, roughly 13 times stronger than a standard MRI machine.

A $6B deal merges Trump Media with TAE Technologies, aiming to advance nuclear fusion energy as a low-pollution, long-term power source.

Researchers using China’s “artificial sun” fusion reactor have broken through a long-standing density barrier in fusion plasma. The experiment confirmed that plasma can remain stable even at extreme densities if its interaction with the reactor walls is carefully controlled.

Trump Media & TAE Technologies are planning location for a fusion power plant in the U.S., despite investor doubts. Merger expected in 2026.

Nuclear energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said it would collaborate with chipmaker NVIDIA and energy technology group Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC fusion machine. The companies said their work will apply artificial intelligence (AI) and data and project management tools to accelerate commercial fusion.

The fusion experiment uses high-temperature superconducting coils, according to the report. A major breakthrough, these coils allow for high-pressure plasmas in a compact device. This reduces manufacturing times and costs compared to larger, conventional tokamaks.

Recently, another reactor in France reported a major tungsten breakthrough: its toroidal tokamak, clad in tungsten, successfully sustained a reaction at 50 million degrees Celsius for a full six minutes at higher energies and densities than its carbon-made competitors.

The UK's Atomic Energy Authority aims to make nuclear fusion a reality with its latest MAST Upgrade scientific campaign.

At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer connected to a control room 3,500 miles away in Oxford, England. Years of experience running fusion experiments in the U.

TAE Technologies announced via a press release that it is launching a joint venture with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), a new fusion technology center based at the Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, England.