Nuclear fusion is like a way-more-efficient version of solar power—except instead of harnessing energy from the rays of…
Physicists in Germany have used an experimental nuclear fusion device to produce hydrogen plasma in a process similar…
The following excerpt is from The Boy Who Played with Fusion by Tom Clynes. The book, released today, tells the story…
Life is dependent upon a lot of coincidences, but there’s only one that was so improbable that physicists laughed at…
Nuclear fusion is the dream of energy scientists the world over, because it promises limitless, clean electricity.…
Technically savvy scientists and engineers have put much effort into conceiving far-future technologies that might…
Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin's announcement this week that it could make small-scale nuclear fusion power a…
At the onset of the atomic age, governments on both sides of the iron curtain sought to harness the power of nuclear…
Do you remember what your greatest accomplishment was at age 13? Well, it doesn't really matter either way, because…
He chain smokes. He loves his guns. And he almost looks homeless. But he's actually pretty damn awesome. Meet Doug…
Researchers are developing a new propulsion technology that could reduce the travel time to Mars from eight or nine…
In order for fusion power plants to be feasible, they have to produce more energy than they consume. It's a challenge…
Nuclear fusion, the same process that powers the sun, could provide us with limitless cheap energy—but experiments to…
Scientists at UAHuntsville have proposed a scheme that could see a spacecraft propelled through space by using a…
A new analysis suggests North Korea clandestinely tested two nuclear weapons in 2010. If it's true, it would double the…
Two physicists recently announced they had figured out the secrets of cold fusion, which is a low energy nuclear…
Yesterday, North Korea's official state media reported that the country had successfully carried out nuclear fusion,…
Nuclear fusion is a tricky business: the last thing you want is any of the residual radioactive isotopes leaking out…
It seems like we're constantly just around the corner from fusion power, and that soon it'll solve our energy woes.…
Vancouver-based startup General Fusion has been running around claiming they can build a nuclear fusion reactor in the…
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