The most exciting current subject in applied physics is “controlled fusion,” i.e., getting usable energy out of the nuclear reactions that make H-bombs explode. Industrialists looking forward to ...

Image of digital twin control, in which real plasma is controlled by virtual plasma reproduced on a computer. In this research, we developed a digital twin control system that can estimate optimal ...

In a pioneering approach to achieve fusion energy, the SMART device has successfully generated its first tokamak plasma. This step brings the international fusion community closer to achieving ...

Fusion energy has long promised the world a clean, nearly limitless source of power. But despite the excitement, real-world reactors must meet intense demands—both in performance and safety. Inside ...

Nuclear fusion, the process that powers every star in the observable universe, has moved from theoretical physics into the realm of real laboratory results. On December 5, 2022, scientists achieved ...

MIT postdoctoral associate Arunav Kumar discusses his work on magnetohydrodynamic stability, plasma control in tokamaks, and ...

Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.

A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature requirements for controlled nuclear fusion. The study reveals that intense low-frequency lasers are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved the holy grail of ignition, when controlled fusion reactions can ...