Elon Musk’s argument that “the Sun is already the fusion reactor” highlights why solar is winning today: it works now and ...

When Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced Tuesday that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California had successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction that creates a net energy ...

Matthew Hole receives funding from the Australian government through the Australian Research Council and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and the Simons Foundation.

While nuclear fission derives energy from splitting atomic nuclei, nuclear fusion does so by joining them, releasing energy in the process. Though both atomic reactions produce energy by modifying ...

Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" tells the story of who created the first atomic bomb. The Manhattan Project required a fair amount of quantum physics and complex science. Here's a list of scientific ...

More than 110 countries and countless companies have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, but can they get there with existing technologies? Probably not. But the net-zero equation is complex.

China is set to build the world’s first fusion-fission hybrid power plant, a revolutionary step in nuclear energy. The facility, known as the Xinghuo high-temperature superconducting reactor, aims to ...

Nuclear fusion as a future abundant energy source, and a key tool to combat global warning, could get a major boost next week if Group of Eight leaders agree to a site for the world’s first fusion ...

OpenAI's Sam Altman is taking nuclear startup Oklo public through a SPAC expected to close in 2024. Altman insists nuclear is crucial to meeting the intense energy needs AI will demand. The Oklo SPAC ...