China’s race to harness fusion energy is no longer confined to a single experimental reactor. Its so‑called “artificial sun” ...

In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.

Over the last couple of years there have been some major breakthroughs with regards to fusion energy, which is essentially ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.

Commercial laser-based fusion energy plants could be rolled out at scale by 2040, if a host of challenges faced by manufacturers of laser diodes and large-scale optics can be met in the meantime. That ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists announced Tuesday that they have for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it — a major breakthrough in the decades-long quest to ...

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 ...