China's HL-3 fusion reactor advances toward ignition by 2027, marking progress in clean energy as breakthroughs in plasma ...

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 ...

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 ...

Startorus Fusion raised US$143 million, a record for a private firm, while Supermag New Energy received 'several hundred million yuan' China's pursuit of commercial nuclear fusion technology has ...

By the end of 2025, China reached a total of 112 nuclear power units — including those in operation, under construction, and ...

China's total installed nuclear power capacity had exceeded 120 million kilowatts by the end of 2025, ranking first globally, according to Wang Shoujun, head of the Chinese Nuclear Society. By the end ...

Surprise! Fusion startup Zap Energy says it will be developing fission reactors alongside its fusion devices.

China has approved about 10 new nuclear power units annually since 2022, with investment continuing to rise. Investment in ...

Bob Mumgaard cautioned that the US is lagging behind China in backing for construction of the first generation of ...

Back-to-back events focusing on different forms of nuclear energy reveal sharp differences in mood as well as language taboos ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The plasma density barrier is a mathematical limit to the density of plasma that can exist in a tokamak before destabilizing. A new study led by a ...