This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fusion experiment ran so hot that the wall materials facing the plasma retained defects. Christophe Roux/CEA IRFM, CC BY Fusion ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sophie Blondel, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) Fusion energy has the ...

Fusion energy, a technology that promises to harness the power of the stars to create abundant, clean electricity on earth, is sometimes said to be "the energy of the future.” Then comes the cruel ...

For decades, the dream of a virtually limitless, clean energy source has hovered just out of reach, more science fiction than reality. Now, a new “volume burn” breakthrough in nuclear fusion research ...

At the heart of our sun, fusion is unfolding. As hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, they emit energy, producing the heat and light that reach us here on Earth. Inspired by our nearby star, ...

For decades, nuclear fusion has been viewed as the ultimate energy source—clean, powerful, and practically limitless. Most approaches to fusion involve enormous machines designed to squeeze plasma ...

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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Zoe Thomas: Nuclear fusion. It's a potentially limitless energy source produced ...

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