3x larger crystal could power laser systems for fusion research
A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule. Laser crystals,…
What’s Powering Clean Energy – Heatmap News
Where the smoke from any of the resulting fires actually goes is far less predictable, however, subject to…
Extraordinary Breakthrough for Physics as Scientists Put Building-Size Magnet into the Palm of Your Hand
The two mini-mega magnets – credit, CC 4.0. Int – Science Advances (2026). DOI 10.1126sciadv.adz5826 In an extraordinary…
US tests spin fuel in 180-million-degree Fahrenheit plasma for reactors
Scientists in the US have been testing spin-polarized nuclear fuel inside tokamaks operating at around 100 million degrees…
New coil manufacturing machine brings limitless fusion energy a step closer
Japan’s Helical Fusion has completed a one-of-a-kind coil manufacturing machine that could help it realize its vision for…
Google DeepMind agrees to sweeping partnership with the U.K. government
AI lab GoogleDeepMind announced a major new partnership with the U.K. government Wednesday, pledging to accelerate breakthroughs in…
How W7-X achieves steady plasma
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the largest and most advanced stellarator in the world, and on its tenth…
UK Is Most Expensive Country To Build Nuclear Power And Needs ‘Radical Reset’ Of Complex Regulation, Says Task Force
‘One-stop shop’ needed for decisions and delivering faster, cheaper projects The two EPR units at Hinkley Point C…
‘Only possible through countless discussions and debates’
Researchers in Korea have made a massive discovery that could change the way we approach nuclear fusion and…
Nuclear fusion was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI
The breakthrough scientific moment for fusion power—and the potential for nearly limitless electricity from a so-called star in…
China’s superconducting magnet hits 351,000 gauss, breaks world record
Chinese researchers have reached a new milestone in superconducting technology. On Sunday, they announced the successful generation of…
A new frontier for science and geopolitics
Humanity has long considered the Moon a place of wonder and possibility. Now it’s being talked about as…