Nuclear fusion
Breakthrough in Fusion Energy as Fundamental Law Revised: 'Very Good News'
The step forward for fusion research comes as Bill Gates this week referred to fusion power as a "promising" energy source.
Engineers Make Fusion Breakthrough by Shooting Projectile at 14,500 MPH
Scientists have chased viable fusion energy—the same process that powers the sun—for decades as it promises an almost unlimited source of clean power.
Artificial Sun Hits 180M Fahrenheit in Race for Near-Limitless Clean Energy
A company has become the first private entity to hit the blistering temperature required for fusion on earth, many times hotter than the hearts of stars.
Nuclear Fusion Edges Closer As Another Way to Harness Sun's Energy Revealed
New devices may have the ability to generate the high-temperature conditions needed to create plasma and initiate fusion, offering a pathway to fusion power.
Nuclear Weapons Explained As Russia Puts Deterrent on High Alert
The key difference between a nuclear explosion and a conventional explosion is the amount of energy that is released in their detonations.
AI Taught to Control Fake Sun That Could Provide Almost Limitless Energy
Researchers have trained an AI program to control plasma in the hope that it will make potentially ground-breaking nuclear fusion a reality faster.
Artificial Sun Breaks Record in 'Landmark' Moment for Clean Fusion Energy
This latest breakthrough in the race for almost limitless clean power shows fusion energy is "no longer just a dream of the far future" one nuclear materials expert said.
World's Biggest Laser Helps Make Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
This find brings us a step closer to using artificial suns to provide limitless clean energy.
Fact Check: Did China Launch 'Artificial Sun' Into Space?
The viral video purportedly shows a man-made object "5 times hotter than the sun" shooting up into the sky, with a crowd watching in awe.
Artificial Sun Breaks Records Maintaining Plasma at 120 Million Fahrenheit
China's EAST Tokamak reactor has broken fusion power records by maintaining superheated plasma for over 1,000 seconds, in the latest step towards almost limitless clean energy.
Artificial Sun Potential Source of Almost Limitless Energy Breaks Record
KSTAR, which aims to bring nuclear fusion down to Earth to meet humanity's clean energy needs, confined super-hot plasma for a record 30 seconds.
World's Most Powerful Magnet Will Help Recreate the Sun's Power on Earth
The magnet is strong enough to lift an aircraft carrier six feet into the air and weighs around 1,000 tons.
Breakthrough Paves Way for an Energy Source That Could Alter Civilization
The base of what will be the world's biggest reactor has been put in position.
Quest for Fusion Energy May Be Advanced by Machine Learning and AI
Algorithms are increasingly being deployed to predict disruptions that could potentially occur during fusion experiments and may help turn the long-discussed energy source into reality, experts say.
China Is About to Fire Up Its 'Artificial Sun' in Quest for Fusion Energy
It is hoped the nuclear fusion device will help scientists overcome a key problem in harnessing plasma inside tokamaks.
Nuclear Fusion: U.S. Scientists Are About to Start Shooting Plasma Guns
The team at Los Alamos National Laboratory will fire "supersonic jets of ionized gas" at a chamber to compress fusion fuel.
China's Artificial Sun Reaches 100 Million Degrees
That's six times as hot as the center of the sun and a major breakthrough for nuclear fusion.
Major Problem in Nuclear Fusion Solved by Scientists
Being able to control plasma that is hotter than the Sun is notoriously difficult.
Nuclear Fusion Has Been Achieved on a Mini Scale
Nuclear fusion takes place in the center of stars, but scientists are also attempting to reproduce it on Earth in the hopes of creating a clean and essentially unlimited power source that could replace fossil fuels.
Secret of Efficient Nuclear Fusion May Be Magnets
Nuclear fusion isn't very efficient without the incredibly hot temperatures found on the sun.
Smallest Star Ever Found Could Have Earth-Like Planets
"Finding a star can at times be harder than finding a planet."
Nuclear Fusion: Ultimate Renewable Energy Edges Closer
Scientists may have solved one major problem that comes up when building a fusion reactor—runaway electrons.
What We Know About North Korea's Hydrogen Bomb
Pyongyang has tested something, but it's unlikely to be a full-blown H-bomb.