A boom in new companies and billions of dollars in private investment could make fusion power a reality in the coming decade.

US start-up Pacific Fusion is aiming to push fusion boundaries with a $1B research hub in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Back in December of 2022, a team of researchers at the USA’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial confinement fusion ...

In 2022, the Lawrence Livermore National Lab had a major fusion energy breakthrough. In the year since, the lab has reached ignition three more times. While the research could one day lead to fusion ...

Driven by tech dollars and demand, nuclear fusion might soon be available to power artificial intelligence. To get a sense of ...

In 2023, energy from nuclear fusion — where two nuclei combine to form a new nucleus and release a ton of energy — became the topic du jour among some very influential people. Just weeks before COP28, ...

Kyoto Fusioneering is developing two next-generation breeder-blanket structural materials. One is a family of vanadium alloys ...

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The industry is getting billions, but it’s way too early to count on fusion to meet growing electricity demand.

Following ignition demonstrations at the National Ignition Facility, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. Here, SLAC experts weigh in on what it ...

For all the heady talk about the misleadingly “deific,” recently confirmed quantum specks named after a Scottish physicist, another kind of historic event has transpired: in a shot fired on July 5, a ...

SLAC's Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, and Siegfried Glenzer help lead the lab's fusion energy research. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC's Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, and ...