Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (East) reactor achieved plasma density levels 'far exceeding empirical ...

Nuclear fusion usually brings to mind sprawling facilities, blistering temperatures, and machines built on a scale that can swallow budgets whole. This device does something stranger.

Fusion power plants are sites at which electricity could be generated via a process known as nuclear fusion, which entails ...

Nuclear fusion may be closer to commercialization than previously thought, with private firms targeting operational reactors ...

Nuclear fusion originates in our sun and other stars. Immense pressure and high temperatures in the core create a reaction, ultimately preventing it from collapsing under the force of gravity. "The ...

A nuclear fusion breakthrough has always been 30-odd years away, but not anymore. The race for commercialization is on. Today, 53 fusion energy companies worldwide are competing to be the first to ...

How nuclear energy and then electricity are produced is often feared as rocket science. The fact is that it is not that difficult to understand. It is, however, difficult to get it done safely and ...

Scientists in China have made a breakthrough with fusion energy that could finally overcome one of the most stubborn barriers to realising the next-generation energy source. A team from the Chinese ...