Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed to visit it and ...
Zap Energy says its ultimate goal is safe, clean energy from fusion. To help get there, it’s starting to build fission ...
Fusion energy has the potential to be an effective clean energy source, as its reactions generate incredibly large amounts of energy. Fusion reactors aim to reproduce on Earth what happens in the core ...
Learn about fusion energy and some of the top companies investing in this potentially limitless clean power source.
Zap Energy is a fusion startup hoping to launch a pilot fusion plant in the next few years. Its technology uses a Z-pinch device to create a plasma that generates a fusion reaction. It's just one of ...
Using nuclear fusion, the process that powers the stars, to produce electricity on Earth has famously been 30 years away for more than 70 years. But now, a breakthrough experiment done at the DIII-D ...
Scientists have developed a new approach to fusion plasma control inspired by the Japanese art of kintsugi. The approach involves tailoring magnetic field imperfections to improve plasma stability ...
SAINT-PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, France – Set in a scrubby forest of pine, oak and aromatic brush in Provence, the world’s largest nuclear fusion plant is under construction. Here, 2,000 scientists, physicists ...