The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor recently decided to make the switch from beryllium to tungsten for its ...

Researchers using China’s “artificial sun” fusion reactor have broken through a long-standing density barrier in fusion ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

A critical shortage of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors may have a rather counterintuitive solution. A physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) says that fusion reactor fuel could be ...

For decades, fusion energy has promised humanity a revolutionary power source that is clean, safe, and virtually limitless. Unlike fossil fuels or even traditional nuclear power, fusion mimics the ...

Could future fusion reactors also serve as laboratories in which to manufacture dark matter? That’s the provocative question ...

The dream of the ancient alchemists may come true as Marathon Fusion announces that its tokamak fusion reactor technology can turn common mercury into gold as a byproduct of fusion operations in ...

The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t typically able to peek directly inside a reactor. Some ...

Fusion energy holds the promise of providing clean and virtually limitless power. However, for future reactors, they must operate reliably and avoid dangerous phenomena including disruptions—sudden, ...

There’s only one fusion device on earth that has been able to meet a key scientific threshold, but Maritime Fusion CEO Justin Cohen is already preparing to put a fusion reactor on a boat. Stay with me ...

With Western roots in Ancient Egypt and Greece, the now-defunct scientific field of alchemy regularly consumed the thoughts of some of history’s greatest scientists. Luminaries such as Roger Bacon, ...

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 ...