China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion ...

Nuclear fusion, the process whereby atomic nuclei coalesce to form a heavier nucleus, lies at the heart of both energy generation and the synthesis of elements in the cosmos. In recent decades, ...

Researchers have taken a crucial step forward in the quest for clean, limitless energy. A team at General Atomics, a research facility operated for the U.S. Department of Energy, has reported a ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun, has the potential to generate clean and abundant energy. However, it requires two atomic nuclei to collide head-on at high energies, and current fusion ...

NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.

Tapping into discarded nuclear waste could help generate a self-sufficient source of a key ingredient for nuclear fusion, a new plan proposes. Reading time 3 minutes Nuclear fusion has seen some ...