The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested various parts of its unique approach.

If it succeeds, the world of fusion energy will have taken a huge and vital step forward. Scientists announce plan to build ...

The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.

Fusion on the other hand does not create any long-lived radioactive nuclear waste. A fusion reactor produces helium, which is an inert gas. It also produces and consumes tritium within the plant in a ...

With the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) as the most visible part of nuclear fusion research, it is perhaps little wonder that the recent string of delays and budget ...

The Helix Nebula is an eye-catching sight in the sky – and not just because it looks like a giant eye. Located about 655 light-years from Earth, it’s the site of a slow-motion explosion ...

Culham was previously home to a nuclear fusion reactor, which in its final test produced a record amount of energy. The reactor was decommissioned in 2024, with the government hoping to build the ...

In the southeastern region of France, a team of 2,000 physicists, scientists, and workers are busy building the world’s ...

Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma in October of this year to denote the successful upgrades to what is now the world’s largest operational, superconducting tokamak ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Superconducting magnets discovered by MIT scientists in 2021 are finally ready for ...

a superheated fourth state of matter required for fusion, inside a prototype reactor. The milestone marks the beginning of a 93-week quest to prove that the outfit’s steampunk approach to fusion ...