New footage from the British fusion firm Tokamak Energy shows unbelievably hot plasma imprisoned in a magnetic field.

Harnessing the reaction that powers the stars could offer potentially unlimited carbon-free energy, and the race is hotting ...

High-speed color images from a fusion machine reveal lithium turning greenish-yellow as it traces magnetic lines.

Japanese start-up Helical Fusion said on Monday it has completed a critical performance test of a high-temperature ...

Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control ...

Fusion power, long hailed as the holy grail of clean energy, has faced decades of scientific and engineering challenges. Recent breakthroughs, however, have brought this dream closer to reality than ...

China has tested a giant robotic system that could help maintain future fusion reactors, moving the country closer to its long-standing goal of building an “artificial sun.” The remote-handling test ...

A decades-old scientific controversy and a small bench-top apparatus at the University of British Columbia (UBC) could be the key to more efficient fusion reactors by increasing the chances of a ...

Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that a small bench-top reactor can enhance nuclear fusion rates by electrochemically loading a metal with deuterium fuel. Unlike massive ...

Fusion is always 10 years away, it seems. To expedite development, some scientists have turned to the prospect of cold fusion—a hypothetical technology that seeks to achieve fusion at room temperature ...

The industry is getting billions, but it’s way too early to count on fusion to meet growing electricity demand. This week, Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it has another customer for its first ...