Scientists developing a compact version of a nuclear fusion reactor have shown in a series of research papers that it should work, renewing hopes that the long-elusive goal of mimicking the way the ...

Startup company Tokamak Energy has published three papers showing size is not an important factor in fusion reactors and proving that a compact spherical tokamak reactor can produce high power. This ...

This development provides hope for mitigating a rising energy crisis. Scientists make stunning breakthrough in pursuit of ...

A France-based company is using stellarator technology to accelerate fusion research in Europe. Renaissance Fusion is building stellarators that it claims could be the most efficient, steady, and ...

Scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have released a new design for a compact fusion reactor that can generate electricity and help define the technology necessary for commercial fusion ...

The X-point radiator emits not only UV light but also visible blue light in a ring-shaped area above the divertor. The left picture shows a camera image (below the normal red glow of the cold plasma ...

For decades, nuclear fusion has been viewed as the ultimate energy source—clean, powerful, and practically limitless. Most approaches to fusion involve enormous machines designed to squeeze plasma ...

A team of researchers at MIT and other institutions say their “SPARC” compact fusion reactor should actually work — at least in theory, as they argue in a series of recently released research papers.

The quest for sustainable and virtually limitless energy has taken a significant step forward with the commissioning of the ...

The Navy just patented a major potential breakthrough on compact fusion reactors, but the patent is long on claims and short on implementation specifics. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) ...

A graphic released in 2014 showed the magnetic cusp confinement design of the Skunk Works compact fusion reactor concept. Credit: Lockheed Martin The announcement by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works of ...

Staying put: A US panel has recommended that the US remains in the international ITER fusion project, which is currently under construction in Cadarache, France. (Courtesy: ITER Organisation) Expected ...