Engineers at the UK’s STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) program have successfully tested ...

A new research initiative is launching at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility to tackle ...

All of these new developments don’t mean that the sun is ready to give up its fusion monopoly, as many significant ...

Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor, as seen on September 18, 2015 at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in ...

The machines at their center, called tokamaks, have evolved from experimental curiosities into instruments capable of ...

Engineers at the DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA), a branch of Rosatom, ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems said Tuesday at CES 2026 that it has installed the first superconducting magnet for its Sparc fusion reactor, a key milestone for the experimental system the company aims ...

NIIEFA has tested a high-temperature superconductor wire (HTSC) for the TRT tokamak, achieving record current and magnetic ...

The central solenoid is the heart of a fusion reactor, and a "jacket" of meticulously crafted stainless steel—capable of withstanding extreme temperatures and magnetic fields—protects it. Chinese ...

A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter than the surface of the sun, has given scientists a tentative glimpse of the future of controlled nuclear fusion—a so-far theoretical source of ...