The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed the first dedicated federal licensing framework for commercial fusion machines, setting out a technology‑inclusive, risk‑informed approach ...

13-year-old Aidan McMillan stands next to his nuclear fusor at Launchpad Incubator on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Dallas. Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer During the pandemic lockdown, while much ...

Fusion isn’t a theory; it’s the future, says Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ Joe Paluska In the high-stakes arena of global energy, fusion has long been considered the “holy grail” – a source of ...

Why it matters: The next chapter of the United States' fusion effort began quietly last month when Type One Energy, a startup backed by Bill Gates, submitted its first construction license application ...

New Zealand-based fusion energy startup OpenStar Technologies says it has become the first commercial company in the world to successfully create and confine plasma using a levitated dipole reactor.

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

Fusion power’s biggest question remains unanswered: How do you ensure the cost to start the fusion reaction isn’t higher than the price at which you can sell the power? Plenty of people have ideas, ...

What if the key to solving humanity’s energy crisis has been hiding in plain sight, dismissed for decades as an impossible dream? In this overview, Two Bit da Vinci explores how Zap Energy is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fusion has been in the news a lot recently given its promise as an abundant and clean source of energy that could ...

The big picture: For decades, the promise of fusion power seemed just out of reach – a theoretical miracle of physics that stubbornly refused to move from blueprint to breaker box. Yet in laboratories ...

EAST’s accomplishment is notable since the density limit has long prevented researchers from increasing plasma density past a certain point. Higher plasma density has historically been associated with ...