There is a widespread misapprehension that controlling nuclear fusion is hard. In fact so long as you are not hoping to use the process to produce electricity, controlling fusion is easy. Indeed, it ...

The University of Houston has received an $8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund fusion research. The grant is part of a $134 million program by led by the energy department's ...

In February, France's WEST nuclear fusion reactor made a big step toward getting clean, star-like energy for everyone. The machine held superheated plasma for 1,337 seconds, or just over 22 minutes.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is about 65% complete in building a $500-million pilot facility in Massachusetts to test fusion energy at larger scale. September 17, 2025 As it nears completion of an ...

It was akin to a mini-space symposium, with hundreds, rather than tens of thousands, of participants coming and going through COS Rising 2025. Serving as a celebration of local startups, entrepreneurs ...

WEC Energy Group and EnergySolutions are exploring building a new nuclear power plant at the site of the closed Kewaunee Power Station. The project is in its early planning stages, which could take up ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min University of Houston's Cullen ...

While social media posts in 2025 didn't give the story a date, it happened in 2018. He achieved fusion on his 12th birthday, but several hours before his birth time, according to Guinness World ...

Durham University scientists have completed one of the largest quality verification programs ever carried out on superconducting materials, helping to ensure the success of the world's biggest fusion ...

TARS, named after the robot from the 2014 film "Interstellar," could potentially be a way to travel to other stars. TARS requires no fusion reactors, no gigawatt laser — and not even a chemical rocket ...