A 0.5-tonne superconducting magnet recently hovered silently inside a 5-meter-wide vacuum chamber, which marked ...

Aiden MacMillan is not an average sevent-grader. At 12 years old, this Dallas-based student ...

Nuclear fusion combines light hydrogen atoms to release energy, similar to the sun's processes. Fusion reactors are ...

About 60 years ago, Russian physicist Lev Artsimovich said nuclear fusion “will be ready when society needs it”. The UK has achieved a “major breakthrough for fusion energy research”, the UK Atomic ...

Helion Energy achieved temperatures of about 270 million degrees Fahrenheit as it works towards developing fusion power.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, scientists have dreamed of unlocking the power of the stars—a clean, limitless energy source that could end our ...

China has advanced its nuclear fusion program by developing and successfully testing the largest ever radiation-proof robot, capable of performing maintenance in massive fusion facilities. The global ...

A Knoxville nuclear company backed by Bill Gates has asked Tennessee for a license to help it build the world’s first fusion ...

Imagine a source of energy several times stronger than a nuclear power plant, but without the long-lasting radioactive byproducts. That process is called nuclear fusion and scientists hope to make it ...

Workers monitor the Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing, a circular machine in a large white room. The Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing generated its first plasma in 2019. Credit: National ...

The waste could be used for nuclear fusion, say researchers. Although nuclear fission, which powers nuclear reactors, can provide plenty of energy, it also produces potentially dangerous radioactive ...

Aiden McMillan, a 12-year-old from Dallas, has successfully produced nuclear fusion in his playroom. He spent four years on the project.