Companies chasing the power of the sun say they're ready to scale. Convincing Washington to spend billions could prove harder ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Rutherford Energy Ventures LP are joining forces to build ...

Aiden MacMillan, a 12-year-old from Texas, may have done what many scientists are still striving to achieve. He claims to have generated nuclear fusion outside the famed tokamaks, the massive reactors ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hoping to have a viable nuclear fusion reactor by the early 2030s. Nuclear fusion originates in our sun and other stars. Immense pressure and high temperatures in the ...

In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically limitless energy. But before this can happen, it will be critical to ensure that ...

Deep Fission wants to place small nuclear reactors about a mile underground, where rock and water pressure could replace some costly safety structures. The company has started testing in Kansas with ...

China's EAST tokamak is reportedly on track to achieve plasma ignition in 2027 — potentially the first fusion reactor to sustain plasma without external heating. Beijing has designated fusion one of ...

One of fusion energy's biggest selling points is that it is supposed to be different from traditional nuclear power. Unlike today's fission reactors, which rely on uranium fuel and produce materials ...

Episode 4 follows the race to transform nuclear energy through safer fuels, advanced materials and fusion breakthroughs that ...