We got neutrons, yeah!” The shout came after years of after-school effort inside a Dallas home, where a seventh grader had ...

China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion, bringing the dream of nearly infinite energy closer to reality.

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A 0.5-tonne superconducting magnet recently hovered silently inside a 5-meter-wide vacuum chamber, which marked ...

Governments and private developers worldwide are accelerating nuclear fusion research amid technical breakthroughs that could bring commercial-scale, clean energy closer to reality.

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...

Researchers at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed advanced robotic technologies to support the assembly and maintenance of future fusion ...

A persistent asymmetry in fusion exhaust has challenged researchers for years. New simulations show that plasma core rotation, working together with cross-field drifts, determines where particles land ...

A student’s small bedroom has become a hotspot for nuclear fusion experiments. With no fancy lab or deep-pocketed sponsors, the work is entirely driven by curiosity and grit. Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a ...

Fusion energy has long promised the world a clean, nearly limitless source of power. But despite the excitement, real-world reactors must meet intense demands—both in performance and safety. Inside ...

A research team led by Prof. SUN Youwen from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed two innovative artificial intelligence (AI) systems to enhance ...

Ion beams can now qualify nuclear reactor materials up to 1,000 times faster than ...