As the world races to add more power plants to satiate AI’s thirst for electricity, investors have been plowing money into nuclear fusion, the pie-in-the-sky technology that appears to be ...

Two developments in the coming year will mark a decisive shift from the public to the private sector in the decades-old quest to generate cheap and abundant power from nuclear fusion. The first ...

This is the promise of nuclear fusion, a process that powers the stars and could revolutionize life on Earth. Nuclear fusion occurs when two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus ...

A handful of start-ups are racing to usher in an era of near-limitless fusion energy, but big questions remain. By Raymond Zhong In 1952, a machine with a funny name and a funny shape was zapped ...

For decades, scientists have been working to develop reactors that can achieve fusion to meet the increasing need for clean and limitless energy. The success of such experiments depends on ...

A fusion reactor promises almost limitless energy—if we can build it. Physicist Tammy Ma explains how her team achieved fusion ignition, a crucial milestone powered by the world's largest laser.

Start-ups say we’re closer than ever to near-limitless, zero-carbon energy from fusion. When will we get there? DIII-D National Fusion Facility, operated by General Atomics, and Lawrence ...

Fusion energy, long the holy grail of clean energy enthusiasts, has endured decades of research, often with considerable financial strain. While privately funded tech tycoons and governments alike ...