With an advanced technology known as angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), scientists are able to map out a material's electron energy-momentum relationship, which encodes the material's ...

Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...

At CES 2026 on Tuesday, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) revealed a major milestone in nuclear fusion energy. The company has installed the first of 18 powerful magnets in its Sparc fusion reactor, a ...

The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of sustaining confined plasma – matter so hot it mimics the ...

Zap Energy’s three-meter reactor uses a lead-lithium liquid wall, cutting hardware needs and bringing cleaner, modular power ...

US-based Pacific Fusion has announced a major breakthrough in fusion research following four successful ...

A Knoxville nuclear company backed by Bill Gates has asked Tennessee for a license to help it build the world’s first fusion power plant.

Nuclear fusion has long promised virtually limitless low carbon power, but the machines that might deliver it are notoriously ...

We are in the middle of a long-term geopolitical race as China, Europe and the U.K. continue pouring billions into fusion development.

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean ...

For years, scientists noticed that magnetic fields could improve steel, but no one knew exactly why. New simulations reveal that magnetism changes how iron atoms behave, making it harder for carbon ...

National Geographic Explorer Paolo Verzone provides a rare peek inside a stellarator, an experiment that aims to give the world near-limitless clean energy. When in operation, this space inside the ...