A fusion reactor could pave the way for massive generation of clean energy. FBI releases new details on suspect in Nancy Guthrie alleged kidnapping Peanut butter recall update for 40 states as FDA ...

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.

Sunrise is a majestic spectacle – but we should be grateful for the miles of vacuum between us and the star Dawn on a still morning is a majestic spectacle, as sunlight spills silently across the ...

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 ...

There is a well-known saying among nuclear physicists that commercial nuclear fusion is about ten years away – and always will be. But a series of announcements by American startups and state-backed ...

Fusion energy startup Helion announced Friday that it has hit a key milestone in its quest for fusion power. Plasmas inside the company’s Polaris prototype reactor have reached 150 million degrees ...

Fusion power moves closer to commercialization. Storing data for 10,000 years. Why AI won’t necessarily take your job. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype. To get it in your ...

Giant X-ray lasers do a lot for physics. These powerful instruments can probe the interiors of tiny molecules, recreate the extreme conditions in stellar cores, and now, describe the plasmas inside ...

The Sam Altman–chaired Helion Energy fusion power developer announced a new milestone Feb. 13, achieving record plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius—10 times that of the sun’s core—as ...

Inertia Enterprises has raised $450 million to build one of the world’s most powerful lasers, which it hopes will serve as the foundation of a grid-scale power plant the fusion startup intends to ...