Imagine trying to summon the sun to your research laboratory. Yes, you, big bright star! Bring your searing heat, the drama of your core’s constant nuclear fusion and your off-the-charts energy levels ...

Scientists at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion facility have achieved the phenomenon known as ignition—creating a nuclear reaction that generates more energy than it consumes. Results of the ...

The field of nuclear fusion is a worldwide effort with billions of dollars invested into developing feasible technology. Considering the behemoth amount of work being pursued across the globe focused ...

A cutting-edge project to test “fusion blanket” technologies is taking shape, with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) leading the charge to create a critical component of a fusion reactor. This work ...

The United States is preparing to subject fusion reactor materials to a brutal new benchmark: a focused 10 megawatt heat blast that rivals the surface of the sun. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ...

“It’s an incredible accomplishment,” says Mark Herrmann, the deputy director for fundamental weapons physics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which houses the fusion laboratory ...