At the same time, a current of cold electrons travels toward the heated plasma from the opposite direction. When the two meet, the plasma develops filament-shaped instabilities that SLAC’s facilities ...

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

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power ...

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 U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have set a new fusion record on the WEST tokamak, sustaining plasma at roughly 50 million degrees Celsius for six ...

Jeollanam-do is accelerating efforts to build an "Artificial Sun (nuclear fusion) Research Facility." With the Wanggok-myeon area in Naju confirmed as ...

Harnessing the power of the sun holds the promise of providing future societies with energy abundance. To make this a reality, fusion researchers need to address many technological challenges. For ...

A Washington-based company has achieved a new industry-first fusion energy milestone. Helion becomes the ...

This is where Godzilla earns its keep. Standing four meters tall and capable of lifting 2.3 metric tons, Godzilla is the ultimate testbed. Starting in March 2026, the robot will begin testing over 30 ...

Fusion energy company Helion said its Polaris prototype has set new industry benchmarks, becoming the first privately developed fusion energy machine to demonstrate measurable deuterium-tritium fusion ...

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

Chinese scientists break a historic barrier and achieve the highest plasma density in a nuclear fusion reactor.