The most exciting current subject in applied physics is “controlled fusion,” i.e., getting usable energy out of the nuclear reactions that make H-bombs explode. Industrialists looking forward to ...

China's HL-3 fusion reactor advances toward ignition by 2027, marking progress in clean energy as breakthroughs in plasma ...

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich have confirmed “for the first ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have demonstrated control of hydrogen’s nuclear spin using dry ice, potentially enabling affordable quantum applications and comet studies. On the same day, ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This step brings the international fusion community closer to achieving ...

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

Combining ECCD and RMP provides greater flexibility and control over fusion plasma. The technique allows for precise adjustment of magnetic islands in the plasma, optimizing edge stability. This ...

Fusion energy has long promised the world a clean, nearly limitless source of power. But despite the excitement, real-world reactors must meet intense demands—both in performance and safety. Inside ...

Image of digital twin control, in which real plasma is controlled by virtual plasma reproduced on a computer. In this research, we developed a digital twin control system that can estimate optimal ...

Recent White House and Energy Department pronouncements on speeding up the “commercialization” of fusion energy are so over the top as to make you wonder about the scientific competence in the upper ...