The United States has announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough, a historic step towards the promise of “near-limitless” clean energy. “It will go down in the history books,” said Energy Secretary ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Fusion power could revolutionize our energy system. But after decades of research, it’s still out of reach.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility, where researchers work on getting higher energy outputs from fusion ...

The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy.

On December 5, U.S. scientists at the National Ignition Facility in California generated more energy from a nuclear fusion reaction than they put in The experimental result is a massive nuclear energy ...

Scientists have been trying to understand — and mimic — the way the sun produces energy for centuries. But recreating nuclear fusion on Earth presents an array of technical challenges. It involves ...

A group of American scientists has achieved a milestone in nuclear fusion, fueling hopes for the alternative power source’s potential as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. On Tuesday, ...

US Department of Energy officials announced a history-making accomplishment in nuclear fusion Tuesday: For the first time, US scientists produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy they ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: On Tuesday, the Department of Energy announced a major breakthrough ...

Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France — As global energy prices soar, 35 countries are working together at a sprawling facility nestled in the French countryside to try to create a new source of unlimited, ...

Now is the time for Congress to double down on support for fusion energy development. Our nation is at a pivotal moment in the development of fusion energy as a clean, reliable source of power that ...