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We’ve spoken to this California company before about its impressive progress and ambitious plans in the fusion power space. With more than US$1.2 billion in investments behind it, TAE has come in ahead of schedule with results from its fifth-generation… Continue reading TAE makes world-first readings of magnetically-confined H-B fusion
This month the media was abuzz with the announcement that the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) had accomplished a significant breakthrough in the quest to achieve commercial nuclear fusion. Specifically, …read more Continue reading Laser Fusion Ignition: Putting Nuclear Fusion Breakthroughs Into Perspective
This Tuesday (Dec. 13th), the US Department of Energy and its National Nuclear Security Administration announced the first-ever achievement of fusion ignition. The breakthrough should reportedly “pave the way for advancements in national defense and th… Continue reading US Department of Energy reports first-ever achievement of fusion ignition
Mimicking the extreme reactions that take place inside the Sun, as is the aim of nuclear fusion researchers of all persuasions, is one thing. Having them generate heat to keep the reactions going and produce clean, limitless energy, would be the true h… Continue reading Fusion researchers spot strange, high-energy behavior in burning plasma
We’ve seen our fair share of Farnsworth–Hirsch fusors over the years — these high-voltage devices can get ions cooking to the point of achieving nuclear fusion even on a hobbyist’s …read more Continue reading Plasma Channel Shows off a Remarkably Stylish Fusor
It seems China’s Chang’E-5 robotic Moon mission has discovered more than water on the lunar surface. Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new mineral, a transparent crystal named Changesite-(Y), as well as a promising potential fusion fuel.Cont… Continue reading China discovers new mineral – and a fusion energy source – on the Moon
Some fusion projects aim to create hundred-million degree working temperatures in magnetically confined plasma. The CEO of TAE Technologies tells us his team’s aiming for 10 times that temperature, targeting cheaper, easier and safer boron fuel.Continu… Continue reading TAE ahead of schedule on billion-degree hydrogen-boron fusion
Nuclear fusion is an incredibly complex scientific problem that researchers are coming at from all sorts of angles, and Zap Energy is starting to make waves through one of the lesser-known approaches. The Seattle-based startup has achieved a major mile… Continue reading First plasma propels Zap Energy’s plans for garage-sized fusion reactors
Scientists are pursuing the proposition of clean and inexhaustible power from nuclear fusion through a variety of experimental reactor designs, and one of the more interesting examples is a roughly circular device known as a stellarator. While these ha… Continue reading Straight coils for twisty reactors give new shape to nuclear fusion
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a novel sensor made of incredibly thin strands of sapphire that can withstand extreme heat and radiation. The breakthrough is billed as a solution to a 20-year problem in the field, and the scientists behi… Continue reading Sapphire fiber sensor can withstand the rigors of fusion and flight