Nuclear fusion takes place within this tiny capsule of hydrogenDr. Eddie Dewald When physicists first split the atom in 1938, in the process known as nuclear fission, the feat led very quickly to the ...

Scientists have achieved a net energy gain in nuclear fusion for the second time, marking major progress towards realising the potential of the near-limitless energy source. A team at the Lawrence ...

Opportunities to invest in commercial nuclear fusion are limited for now, but these companies stand to benefit from their ...

A team of British scientists has achieved the first ever plasma ignition inside a nuclear fusion rocket, marking a major milestone towards a new era of interstellar space travel. Bletchley-based ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a key achievement in fusion research Tuesday. Fusion, the lesser-known opposite reaction to nuclear fission, is when two atoms slam together to form a ...

Nuclear science isn't an easy thing, particularly building a working reactor, but there are a small handful of adolescents ...

A private nuclear-fusion company has heated a plasma of hydrogen to 27 million degrees Fahrenheit (15 million degrees Celsius) in a new reactor for the first time — hotter than the core of the sun. UK ...

At eight years old, Aiden McMillan started reading about nuclear physics. He wasn’t doing it for school. He was just interested. For the next two years, he didn’t touch a single piece of equipment. He ...