Fusion startup Zap Energy is adding nuclear fission to its quest for nuclear power, naming Zabrina Johal as CEO to lead the ...

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

Nuclear fusion usually brings to mind sprawling facilities, blistering temperatures, and machines built on a scale that can swallow budgets whole. This device does something stranger.

Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission ...

A student’s small bedroom has become a hotspot for nuclear fusion experiments. With no fancy lab or deep-pocketed sponsors, the work is entirely driven by curiosity and grit. Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a ...

The fusion energy start-up Commonwealth Fusion Systems aims to bring its first power plant online by the early 2030s, but ...

Nuclear fusion may be closer to commercialization than previously thought, with private firms targeting operational reactors ...

Opportunities to invest in commercial nuclear fusion are limited for now, but these companies stand to benefit from their ...

Fusion power’s biggest question remains unanswered: how do you ensure the cost to start the fusion reaction isn’t higher than the price at which you can sell the power? Plenty of people have ideas, ...

Building a working nuclear fusion reactor has proven to be a daunting challenge even for multiple wealthy nations, as we've seen with the much-delayed ITER project. However, a private start-up called ...

Physicists have spent decades chasing two grand technological dreams: harnessing fusion power and uncovering the nature of dark matter. A new theoretical paper now suggests those quests might collide ...

The U.S. Dept. of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy has spelled out several areas that present challenges to domestic and ...