Two Los Alamos Laboratory scientists discovered Arthur Ruhlig’s major contributions to fusion physics, and they did so ...

The H-bomb's force comes from both fission and fusion. In order to start a fusion reaction, the hydrogen bomb consists of two stages: the primary stage and the secondary stage.

Hydrogen atoms are the simplest in nature, which is why they're used for thermonuclear reactions and why the earliest weapons were called "H-Bombs." Using fusion energy is literally harnessing the ...

To clarify, this is not a thermonuclear bomb (which uses nuclear fusion). Traditional hydrogen bombs work through nuclear fusion, a process where atomic nuclei combine under intense pressure to ...

It is this fusion of lighter nuclei into helium that will power the hydrogen bomb. The Sun Does It. Scientists have long known that a fusion reaction takes place in the sun.

Despite the recent breakthrough, commercially viable nuclear fusion is only infinitesimally closer than it was back in the 1980s when a contained fusion reaction – i.e. not occurring in the sun ...

When set off in an intentionally uncontrolled chain reaction, nuclear fusion drives the hydrogen bomb. Fusion is also being considered as a possibility to power crafts through space . Nuclear ...

It was achieved with the hydrogen bomb. But harnessing the energy generated from fusion reactions for more productive ends has been challenging. The key problem is control.

Fusion is the thermonuclear reaction that powers the sun and other stars — the fusing of hydrogen atoms into helium. The mass of helium is slightly less than the original hydrogen atoms.

Hydrogen atoms are the simplest in nature, which is why they're used for thermonuclear reactions and why the earliest weapons were called "H-Bombs." Using fusion energy is literally harnessing the ...