This was the basis of US hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific (Bikini Atoll) in the 1950s before the test ban treaty of 1963. Commercial application of nuclear fusion has been sought over the ...

Most of us learned about the law of conservation of matter and energy in a science class in the elementary grades. It states that matter and energy can neither be created nor destroyed but can be ...

China is building a large-scale laser-ignited nuclear fusion research facility in Mianyang to enhance both nuclear weapons ...

Scientists first harnessed fusion nearly 70 years ago with the development of the hydrogen bomb. Controlling reactions to produce continuous energy has, however, been proved impossible despite the ...

Also called a fusion bomb, hydrogen bomb or H-bomb, a thermonuclear weapon is a second-generation nuclear weapon design that is vastly superior to the first-generation atomic bombs. In fact ...

China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at ...

An curved arrow pointing right. North Korea recently claimed to test a hydrogen bomb. Some experts say it is more likely they tested a "boosted" atomic bomb. Although this type of bomb isn't ...

It was first used during the Second World War with the successful development of the hydrogen bomb – when scientists also realised that, if controlled, nuclear fusion could generate limitless ...