Tungsten alloys, specifically, provide "grain boundaries [that] serve as sinks for radiation defects," per Nature. Meanwhile, ...

Fusion is among the most environmentally friendly sources of energy. There are no CO 2 or other harmful atmospheric emissions from the fusion process, which means that fusion does not contribute to ...

The footage offers an unprecedentedly colorful look at the extreme physics at play—revealing valuable information for ...

The hydrogen bomb, unlike the atomic bomb used on Hiroshima, generates energy through fusion by fusing isotopes of hydrogen, ...

A tokamak is a specific kind of fusion reactor that contains plasma in the shape of a donut. The more technical term for the ...

Fusion is the next big energy frontier. Companies and nations alike are pouring money into researching it to find a way to ...

Seen as the ‘holy grail’ of clean energy, scientists are racing to turn a century of experiments into a viable source of ...

This could be another newsy year for the long-awaited promise of nuclear fusion. A recent piece in The Economist highlights two major developments that signal a shift from public to private sector ...

Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit is partnering with the nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC to see if ...

Google has invested in fusion startups as potential power suppliers. This latest move suggests Google sees them as potential ...

Over the past five years, private-sector funding for fusion energy has exploded. The total invested is approaching US$10 ...

China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record ...