China’s ‘artificial sun’ experiment finds way to break fusion plasma density limit
HEFEI — Researchers have identified a method to surpass the plasma density limit in experiments with the Experimental…
Why Nuclear Fusion Will Not Solve the AI Power Problem
With the supposed need for vast new electricity generation to fuel the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, AI companies are…
Plasma Turbulence Is Doing Surprising Things Inside Fusion Reactors
The interiors of fusion reactors can get seriously chaotic. But for obvious reasons—like extreme temperatures and pressures—researchers aren’t…
World’s largest fusion device solves key plasma heat loss challenge
For decades, physicists have been puzzled by a phenomenon inside fusion reactors that defies conventional theory: heat escaping…
Ever Wondered What Nuclear Fusion Looks Like? We Have Pics
Nuclear fusion may always be ten years away, but the technological breakthroughs aiming to get us there are…
The real reason Google DeepMind is working with a fusion energy startup
Energy startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said Thursday it’s working with Google’s DeepMind division to fine tune —…
Australians join race for fusion energy as AI pressure on electricity sector starts to bite
The two great technology revolutions of the modern era — artificial intelligence and renewable energy — are colliding.…
Scientists Just Took a Giant Step Toward Scaling Up Nuclear Fusion
A team of researchers at MIT think they may have lowered one of the major barriers to achieving…
Physicists Smash Record With Magnetic Field 700,000 Times Stronger Than Earth’s
Under the right conditions, superconducting magnets allow electricity to flow essentially undisturbed, producing intense magnetic fields for a…
Chinese physicists produce most powerful stable magnetic field on Earth
An all-superconducting magnet built by Chinese scientists has generated a world-record steady magnetic field of 35.1 tesla, about…
Scientists make incredible breakthrough after aiming powerful lasers at diamond: ‘An inherently brittle material’
For the first time, researchers at the University of California San Diego witnessed diamond capsules undergo shock-induced amorphization,…
Scientists Taught AI to Predict Nuclear Fusion Success—and It’s Actually Working
AI is giving a huge efficiency boost to one of the biggest nuclear fusion facilities in the world—but…