Nuclear fusion has long been the energy world’s moonshot, a reaction so powerful and so difficult to tame that many physicists once doubted it would ever be harnessed on Earth. Yet in the past few ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.

US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they ...

Focused Energy is advancing the industrialization of laser fusion and expanding its executive leadership team. Debbie Callahan has been appointed Chief Strategic Officer (CSO), while Omar Biabani ...

Researchers at the National Ignition Facility achieved nuclear fusion ignition with the help of an AI program that essentially told them they were on the right track. Reading time 3 minutes AI is ...

Right now, everyone is drooling over AI – and rightfully so. Artificial intelligence is already rewriting the rules of work, creativity, productivity… And it’s still early days in terms of this tech’s ...

Extreme fusion temperatures are warping diamond fuel capsules, and that means researchers may need to rethink their designs, according to new research. Reading time 2 minutes Every part of a fusion ...

Scientists researching nuclear energy have made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion with an experiment that generated more fuel than was put in. The breakthrough involved nearly 200 lasers, a gigantic ...

Commercial laser-based fusion energy plants could be rolled out at scale by 2040, if a host of challenges faced by manufacturers of laser diodes and large-scale optics can be met in the meantime. That ...