The stakes of the “race to fusion” are dramatic. Commercial fusion has the potential to deliver nearly unlimited energy by replicating the physics that powers the sun.
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US team unlocks nuclear fusion plasma control to prevent tokamak walls from melting
Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have identified a new method to tame ...
Chinese scientists break a historic barrier and achieve the highest plasma density in a nuclear fusion reactor.
Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power plant that will sell electricity to Microsoft.
General Fusion’s planned IPO marks a historic shift in nuclear fusion from government-led megaprojects to privately financed, commercially focused energy development.
Experiments show fusion plasma can stay stable at higher densities by controlling reactor walls, challenging long-standing limits.
A nuclear fusion reactor in Germany has reached world record numbers for runtime. The tokamak dominates fusion research in 2025, but stellarators are making a comeback. A stellarator is still a donut ...
Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control ...
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