Nuclear fusion is attracting a surge of funding from public and private investors dazzled by the prospect of generating clean energy on Earth from the same reaction that powers the Sun and stars. This ...
Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.
A team of nuclear fusion researchers is trying to bring order to electron movement inside reactors. It's not an easy task, as ...
A materials expert told Friends of ORNL that advanced nuclear reactors need 21st-century materials to withstand extreme ...
"The longer that we wait for fusion to arrive, the more we need it." World's largest nuclear reactor aims to power Earth with virtually unlimited energy: 'The most complex machine ever designed' first ...
China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record ...
Innovative startup Deep Fission is pioneering next-generation nuclear energy by deploying a "gravity reactor" in a mile-deep borehole, a design that promises to slash operational costs by up to 80% ...
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping to enable the next generation of abundant, affordable nuclear energy by combining 80 years of know-how with the ...
VC investment in nuclear fission startups set records in 2025 as investors look to new energy sources to bolster the grid, according to PitchBook’s latest analyst note. As energy demand has ...