It’s rarely appreciated just how much more complicated nuclear fusion is than nuclear fission. Whereas the latter involves a process that happens all around us without any human involvement, and where ...

Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have used the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to simulate a potential solution to ...

Nuclear fusion, the process whereby atomic nuclei coalesce to form a heavier nucleus, lies at the heart of both energy generation and the synthesis of elements in the cosmos. In recent decades, ...

Chinese scientists say they have achieved a new milestone in the pursuit of viable power generation through nuclear fusion, seen as the Holy Grail for clean energy. The Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

While nuclear power plants have become ubiquitous, they all operate using nuclear fission — but one energy startup has plans to change this. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a spinoff branch of the ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) plans to build the world's first commercial nuclear fusion energy power plant in Virginia. This multi-billion dollar project slated for ...

The world is using more and more power — the demand for electricity is increasing at about twice the rate of overall energy use. And it’s only going to grow as the global population is expected to ...

China’s unwavering commitment to nuclear fusion energy has propelled it to the forefront of this revolutionary scientific ...

The UK government has pledged £506 million to support the development of nuclear fusion, aiming to build a prototype power plant by 2040. The investment will also support the repurposing of the UK's ...

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A British startup called Pulsar Fusion has come up with a wild new concept for a nuclear fusion-powered space rocket that, it claims, could significantly cut down the time it takes to travel to Mars ...