Researchers held a high-quality plasma steady for 43 seconds using frozen hydrogen, setting new fusion record.

A step in fusion research. The JT-60SA project is a significant step in fusion energy research. It will be the most powerful ...

For decades, scientists have been working to develop reactors that can achieve fusion to meet the increasing need for clean and limitless energy. The success of such experiments depends on multiple ...

The first fusion reactions in a laboratory were achieved in 1934 — a major breakthrough at the time. Today, however, achieving a fusion reaction is not particularly difficult: in 2018, a ...

Fusion energy is moving from theory to construction. Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ 400-MW ARC reactor in Virginia—backed by ...

A Sweden-based firm has launched a plasma confinement project to achieve commercially viable fusion energy. The TauEB project by Novatron Fusion Group aims to revolutionize plasma confinement and ...

Zhong noted that there are six stages leading to commercial fusion -- principle exploration, scaled experiments, burning ...

(a) Control scheme used for reinforcement learning (RL). (b) RL control successfully drives plasma through the valley of tearability, avoiding instabilities. The effective use of an AI/DRL algorithm ...

Living up to its name, University of Washington spin-off company ZAP Energy's Century system is developing fusion power ...

In the quest for sustainable and limitless energy, fusion research has made significant strides, with the recent formation of stable plasma rings in laboratory settings marking a pivotal breakthrough.

Magnetic confinement fusion represents a promising avenue for realising sustainable and high‐yield energy production. In these systems, plasma – a highly ionised state of matter – is contained within ...