A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

A forgotten fusion experiment from 1938 has been unearthed, revealing a lost discovery that seeded a key concept in modern ...

The ignition facility uses laser beams to confine a plasma of deuterium and tritium, two isotopes, or versions, of hydrogen. But experts say a viable commercial fusion reactor is likely decades away .

At the atomic heart of the world’s fusion efforts are two isotopes of hydrogen—deuterium and tritium—and the promise of this atomic coupling is enormous, as just one gram of deuterium ...

Deuterium can be extracted from seawater, while lithium can produce tritium within the reactor itself. In contrast, fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas are finite, as are the uranium and ...

A fusion reaction combining deuterium and tritium to make helium set a power record at the Joint European Torus—bringing us closer to unlimited clean power.

The Joint European Torus (JET) nuclear fusion experiment broke the record for sustained fusion energy at the end of 2021, achieving 59 megajoules.

More information: A. Dal Molin et al, Measurement of the Gamma-Ray-to-Neutron Branching Ratio for the Deuterium-Tritium Reaction in Magnetic Confinement Fusion Plasmas, Physical Review Letters (2024).

Simultaneous enhancement of tritium burn efficiency and fusion power with low-tritium spin-polarized fuel. Nuclear Fusion , 2024; 64 (12): 126019 DOI: 10.1088/1741-4326/ad7da3 Cite This Page : ...