For seventy years, one stubborn physics problem has stood between fusion’s promise and practical reactors. That puzzle, how ...

The new experiment, published in Nature, uses a compact, room-temperature fusion reactor. It doesn’t aim for large-scale energy production—yet. Instead, it focuses on a way to improve the fusion ...

Physicists have spent decades chasing two grand technological dreams: harnessing fusion power and uncovering the nature of ...

See how the WEST nuclear fusion reactor's tungsten upgrade led to a groundbreaking success, containing plasma at 50 million ...

The promise of nuclear fusion feels simple. Just as stars fuse hydrogen into heavier elements to produce energy, a fusion reactor generates massive amounts of energy by combining lightweight particles ...

HOUSTON — The University of Houston has received an $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund fusion research. The grant is part of a $134 million program by led by the energy ...