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

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

Ever since nuclear fusion was first discovered in the 1930s, scientists have imagined ways to harness its energy. The earliest designs for nuclear fusion reactors began in earnest in the 1950s, with ...

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

The lecture by Saskia Mordijck, “Here Comes the Sun: Building a Star on Earth,” begins at 7 p.m. in the Sadler Center ’s Commonwealth Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Those ...

The first fusion reactions in a laboratory were achieved in 1934 — a major breakthrough at the time. Today, however, achieving a fusion reaction is not particularly difficult: in 2018, a ...

The world’s only net-positive fusion experiment has been steadily ramping up the amount of power it produces, TechCrunch has learned. In recent attempts, the team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s ...

Tech giant Google is investing money into a futuristic nuclear fusion plant that hasn’t been built yet but someday will replicate the energy of the stars. It’s a sign of how hungry big tech companies ...

Fusion energy is having a moment. Last week, Commonwealth Fusion Energy Systems, which is backed by Google, announced it had raised nearly $3 billion in capital and would start developing a fusion ...

Tokamaks are machines that are meant to hold and harness the power of the sun. These fusion machines use powerful magnets to ...