On December 13th America’s energy secretary, Jennifer Granholm, announced that the country’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) had lived up to the “I” in its name, by achieving ignition. The stuff ...

Proponents of nuclear fusion have long promised to create nearly limitless power here on earth by harnessing the same reaction that powers the sun. Today, fusion’s biggest hurdle is ensuring that any ...

In late 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough by creating a fusion reaction that produced more energy than the lasers used to create it. This ...

Helion Energy achieves plasma at a stunning 150 million degrees Celsius, well above the threshold to eventually generate ...

9T Labs' Additive Fusion Technology (AFT) is an additive manufacturing process that enables strong, lightweight and sustainable products using continuous fiber composites. In the world of additive ...

Claims of “net energy gain” in fusion experiments often exclude the massive energy consumed by the full system, leading to misleading headlines. Even under optimistic timelines, commercial fusion ...

Recent advancements in nuclear fusion research, particularly in the US and UK, have raised hopes for a clean energy future. China's substantial investments in fusion technology have positioned it as a ...

General Fusion is advancing patented and proprietary Magnetized Target Fusion (“MTF”) technology designed to scale for cost-efficient power plants within the next decade. Two decades of R&D and ...

In 2024, fusion technology will finally make the transition from basic research to commercial application. The reason for that will be the construction and completion of the first commercial fusion ...

Transaction to create one of the world’s first publicly traded fusion companies. Deal to combine TMTG’s access to significant capital and TAE’s leading fusion technology. In 2026, the combined company ...

A year ago, scientists generated net energy with a fusion reactor. This is what’s happened since then. This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it ...