Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than they ...

Canadian startup General Fusion has been working on its unique approach to producing clean energy through nuclear fusion for ...

First Light Fusion's nuclear shift creates a "capital-light, high-margin business that will generate revenue from this year." ...

The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested ...

There are two approaches to achieving fusion in the lab: inertial confinement fusion, which uses powerful lasers, and magnetic confinement fusion, which uses powerful magnets. While the ...

General Fusion appears to be one step closer to making Canada a major player in fusion reactors.

maintaining the stability of the fusion process and converting the resulting energy into practical use," Brian Appelbe, a research fellow at the Center for Inertial Fusion Studies at Imperial ...

UK-based First Light Fusion (FLF), which is pursuing a new form of inertial confinement fusion, is discontinuing the proposed ...

More information: Hui Chen et al, Understanding the deficiency in inertial confinement fusion hohlraum X-ray flux predictions using experiments at the National Ignition Facility, Physical Review E ...

The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.