Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In the race for clean energy, no technology is quite as promising as nuclear fusion, but the road toward energy freedom is filled with barriers that ...

ITER's central solenoid is finally assembled, but at $22 billion and counting, private fusion startups are already racing to ...

The "artificial sun" HL-3 at the CNNC Southwestern Institute of Physics in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Photo: VCG China's new-generation "artificial sun," HL-3, is accelerating toward ...

EAST’s accomplishment is notable since the density limit has long prevented researchers from increasing plasma density past a certain point. Higher plasma density has historically been associated with ...

China is ramping up its nuclear fusion drive with the launch of a new state-backed firm. China Fusion Energy Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), was founded in ...

Chinese nuclear boffins have gotten their fusion reactor to the temperature needed to keep a fusion reaction that produces more power than it takes to run. The team of scientists from China’s ...

Nuclear fusion may be closer to commercialization than previously thought, with private firms targeting operational reactors in the early 2030s.

France endured for 22 minutes, and China surpassed 1,000 seconds. Now, Korea is also setting out to establish a national ...