Nuclear Fusion Moves Closer to Reality with New Tungsten Reactor Breakthrough

The pursuit of nearly limitless fusion energy has reached a significant milestone at an experimental reactor in France. Scientists operating the WEST tokamak successfully sustained a superhot plasma at astonishing temperatures for a record-breaking six minutes, marking a major advancement in the journey towards viable fusion power. A tokamak is a donut-shaped device that uses...

Scientists get meaningful energy from laser-based nuclear fusion

Researchers have long sought to generate significant energy from laser-based nuclear fusion, and it appears that they're finally making some headway. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reports that laser blasts in September and November produced more energy from hydrogen fusion reactions than they'd put into the hydrogen -- the first time that's happened. The key was an extra dose of...