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

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 exceptional materials degradation caused by large quantities of fusion neutrons is one of the single largest factors ...

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

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

Russell M. Kulsrud, 97, a pioneering theoretical physicist whose work helped define the modern fields of plasma physics and ...

While traditional rockets have gotten us into space for decades, newer tech is on the horizon, like this plasma engine that ...

As stellarator configurations are challenging to build, most fusion experiments today are tokamaks (a short form for a Russian expression that translates as ‘toroidal chamber with magnetic coils’).

(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 ...

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

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 ...