A school gym-sized facility tucked away at the University of Michigan is quietly pushing the boundaries of what lasers can do ...

The University of Rochester’s STELLAR project, focused on laser science and tech in the Finger Lakes region, is a semifinalist in the NSF Engines competition, potentially earning up to $160 million in ...

Terrestrial Energy and NRG-Pallas are starting the final phase of the graphite irradiation testing programme for ...

Conn is the third UC San Diego recipient of the Vannevar Bush Award. Roger Revelle, considered to be a founding father of UC ...

Google has taken a major step toward the future of clean energy by partnering with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), an MIT spin-out working to build one of the world’s first commercial fusion ...

A paper on fusion neutron sources by a team from the United States of America’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochester has won the IAEA’s annual Nuclear Fusion prize.

Lawrence Livermore proved over 4X power gain from laser fusion in April 2025. Upgrading to 3.0MJ laser power would take more upgrades but could deliver 20-40X gain. This would be well on the way to ...

Although his reactor didn’t quite reach the point of inducing fusion—meaning it didn’t produce neutrons—it still represents a remarkable achievement for such a small, home-built device.

For Star subscribers: Harnessing fusion energy on Earth "will transform the planet," and University of Arizona researchers want the school to commercialize it.

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as much and building projects faster.