Back in December of 2022, a team of researchers at the USA’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial confinement fusion ...
German fusion startup Focused Energy raised $240M Series A led by utility RWE to build a laser-powered reactor based on the NIF's net energy gain breakthrough.
Inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, a machine the size of a sports stadium is doing something that ...
Fusion startup Xcimer fired up the world's largest privately owned laser.
The NT Times had a recent article discussing laser nuclear fusion. Nextbigfuture has spoken with all of the nuclear fusion companies listed in the NY Times article as they all attended the 2023 ...
NIF's massive laser system is unlocking fusion energy. See how this breakthrough is bringing us closer to a clean energy ...
Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s National Ignition Facility has set a new record for laser energy, firing 2.2 megajoules of energy for the first time on an ignition target. This ...
Colorado-headquartered Xcimer Energy has announced the start of operations for Phoenix, what the company calls the largest ...