This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion ...

A fusion experiment ran so hot that the wall materials facing the plasma retained defects. Christophe Roux/CEA IRFM, CC BY Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as ...

At the heart of our sun, fusion is unfolding. As hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, they emit energy, producing the heat ...

For long-time followers of fusion energy, Tokamak Hall is the high-water mark after decades of ups and downs. From an observation deck on the side, the surgically-clean, hospital-white room feels both ...

Inside the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility, where researchers work on getting higher energy outputs from fusion power. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore ...

For decades, the dream of a virtually limitless, clean energy source has hovered just out of reach, more science fiction than reality. Now, a new “volume burn” breakthrough in nuclear fusion research ...

This vision could make fusion research more accessible and collaborative. By breaking the problem into manageable parts—like how to pack fuel more efficiently—scientists everywhere can contribute, ...

Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control ...

Fusion energy, a technology that promises to harness the power of the stars to create abundant, clean electricity on earth, is sometimes said to be "the energy of the future.” Then comes the cruel ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Nuclear fusion. It's a potentially limitless energy source produced ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sophie Blondel, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) Fusion energy has the ...