New simulations from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory suggest that deliberately engineering plasma rotation inside tokamak fusion reactors could dramatically reduce the heat loads that destroy ...

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

China breaks a historic barrier in nuclear fusion, bringing the dream of nearly infinite energy closer to reality.

New Zealand-based fusion energy startup OpenStar Technologies says it has become the first commercial company in the world to successfully create and confine plasma using a levitated dipole reactor.

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

At the same time, a current of cold electrons travels toward the heated plasma from the opposite direction. When the two meet, the plasma develops filament-shaped instabilities that SLAC’s facilities ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock After observing distinct behavior in heat-driven plasma reactors, researchers at the National Institute for ...

Chinese scientists break a historic barrier and achieve the highest plasma density in a nuclear fusion reactor.

Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have identified a new method to tame ...

Russian researchers have proposed using boron-coated tungsten to protect fusion reactor walls during operation.

A student’s small bedroom has become a hotspot for nuclear fusion experiments. With no fancy lab or deep-pocketed sponsors, the work is entirely driven by curiosity and grit. Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a ...