Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream ...

Massachusetts-based energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has struck a deal to deliver 200 MW of electricity to ...

During NIF’s now-famous ignition shot, the facility delivered 2.05 megajoules (MJ) of energy to the target and produced 3.15 MJ, which means the fusion reaction was, for a short time, fueling ...

On December 5, 2022, the National Ignition Facility in the U.S. achieved ignition by creating more energy via nuclear fusion than they originally put in. Now, a series of details focuses on how ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory say they’ve produced a nuclear fusion reaction that generated more energy than it required to ignite. Dec. 13, 2022.

That would get more energy into the hydrogen, but could also create instabilities that thwart the fusion reactions. In March, the White House held a summit to seek to accelerate commercial fusion ...

In 2022, a monumental milestone was achieved at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: fusion ignition, where the energy ...

Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. Fusion reactions take place in a state of matter called ...

Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars 06:16. If it looks like the set of some Hollywood sci-fi show, perhaps that's fitting, because what they are doing here is making stars on Earth.

So to one day make fusion a feasible energy source, reactors will need to be built with materials that can survive the heat and irradiation generated by fusion reactions. 3D rendering of the ...

This reaction generates a helium atom and a neutron, which carries most of the energy from the reaction. Humans have successfully generated fusion reactions on Earth since 1952 — some even in ...

Sophie Blondel receives funding from the US Department of Energy. Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of ...