China's 'Artificial Sun' Is Gearing Up For A Major Milestone By 2027

China is leading the pack when it comes to developing nuclear power, and its 'artificial sun' is set to pave the way for many ...

Net zero fusion project could trigger nuclear disaster

The official verdict warns a nuclear incident at the STEP fusion project in Nottinghamshire could lead to “contamination of ...

Fusion Power’s Newest Problem Is People Secretly Making Nukes

Billions of dollars in venture capital and state investments have recently been poured into efforts to finally make nuclear ...

South Korea’s artificial Sun ran for 102 seconds and it could change the future of energy

The South Korean artificial sun, which goes by the name KSTAR (Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research), has made an ...

A chamber hotter than the Sun stayed stable for 102 seconds, and energy’s oldest promise suddenly looks less impossible

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research device, better known as KSTAR, sustained plasma at about 180 million ...
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Tennessee Powers Up With First-in-the-nation Fusion Regulations Starting June 9

Tennessee will become the first state in the nation with its own regulatory framework for nuclear fusion machines June 9, ...

Scientists just discovered cannibal stars. Our Sun also once ate Earth-like planets - WION Special

A recent study has found that red dwarf stars can eat planets. Even though our Sun is not a red dwarf, it also gobbled up ...

A California lab is using 192 laser beams to recreate the inside of stars, and the real prize is not science fiction anymore

Inside Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, a machine the size of a sports stadium is doing something that ...

Helion hits $15.5B valuation with $465M in new cash as it aims to commercialize fusion this decade

Fusion startup Helion raised $465M, boosting its valuation to $15.5B. The company plans to use the funds to deliver ...
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Fusion Startup Helion Nearly Triples Valuation to $15.5 Billion in Thrive-led Round

Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion startup backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, still has to prove it can produce electricity to serve data centers and other customers. But investors seem confident it can ...
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China’s “artificial sun” pushed past a fusion density ceiling that physicists believed could not be crossed, holding plasma stable at extreme densities

Physicists working on China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, known as EAST, have held plasma stable at ...
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Strides in energy sector

The initial enthusiasm in Namibia around hydrogen development appears to have moderated, partly due to ongoing political differences. High capital requirements and associated risks are regarded as key ...