Conventional atomic power — nuclear fission — works by firing a neutron at a large, unstable atom like uranium-235, causing the latter to split, releasing a larger amount of energy, two smaller atoms, ...

The initiative, called ICONIC-FL (International Cooperation on Next-gen Inertial Confinement Fusion Lasers), aims to target one of fusion’s greatest challenges, which is taking lasers from one-off ...

A Japanese startup has unveiled a plan to shoot down space junk using lasers developed for nuclear fusion power. Osaka-based EX-Fusion is taking a novel ground-based approach to dealing with the issue ...

Deep under the Nevada desert in the 1980s the US conducted secret nuclear weapons research. Among the experiments was an effort to see if nuclear fusion, the reaction which powers the sun, could be ...

An international team of scientists are looking at a new way of creating energy from nuclear fusion. The process could result in no radioactivity, produce little pollution and provide a cheap abundant ...

Scientists in California shooting nearly 200 lasers at a cylinder holding a fuel capsule the size of a peppercorn have taken another step in the quest for fusion energy, which, if mastered, could ...

As ever, you can scroll through the blog to catch up on what you missed and relive the historic announcement as it happened. For a wrap-up of the news briefing and what it could mean for the world's ...

The research facility, located in Mianyang, Sichuan province, has been analysed by multiple experts that have identified the plant's design, which features four extensive laser bays converging on a ...

Nuclear fusion is what keeps the Sun burning as an almost unlimited ball of energy at the heart of our solar system. To understand nuclear fusion, there are tiny particles that make up everything ...