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Investment is pouring in as the hype around nuclear fusion grows
High-profile tech leaders are betting on nuclear fusion technology becoming a reality in the next d…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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A 20 year-old built a nuclear fusion prototype in his home for $2,000. Here's how he did it.
A math student decided to build a nuclear fusion prototype in his bedroom with no prior electrical …
Jessica Orwig
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Google is taking the nuclear option to power soaring demand for AI. Here's why it's such a big deal.
Google has struck a deal in its bid to power its energy-intensive AI data centers with nuclear, joi…
Hasan Chowdhury
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An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy
WEST, a fusion reactor in France, broke a record for tungsten tokamaks with a 6-minute plasma. It's…
Jenny McGrath
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The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how the $600 million device compares to the US's revolutionary fusion machine.
The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how it compares to the US's recen…
Jenny McGrath
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I'm the CEO of a nuclear-fusion company, but starting out was tricky because I got famous on a reality-TV show about rich kids
Richard Dinan was on three seasons of the UK reality-TV show "Made in Chelsea." It was a fight for …
Marianne Guenot
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US scientists have launched a new nuclear era they call the 'age of ignition' but it's still a distant dream from the age of nuclear power
NIF achieved ignition with its fusion device for the third time this year. The research could one d…
Jenny McGrath
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How nuclear fusion works, and why it's a big deal for green energy that scientists made a 'breakthrough'
US Department of Energy leaders announced that researchers created a nuclear fusion reaction that p…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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The Jeff Bezos-backed company General Fusion is building a nuclear fusion plant, which is due to switch on in 2025
General Fusion is collaborating with the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to build the demonstrat…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market
Trying to create a fusion reaction on Earth is tricky. Trying to control it and harness it in a pow…
Jenny McGrath
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Microsoft bets that a fusion power plant from Helion Energy will be operating this decade
Microsoft agreed to buy electricity from Helion Energy's forthcoming nuclear fusion power plant. It…
Catherine Boudreau
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Scientists have a dusty new way to create a star on Earth
Using boron powder could finally present a way to create the heat required for electricity wit…
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A Sam Altman-backed startup is betting it can crack the code on fusion energy. Here's how it's trying to bring that to the masses by 2028.
Scott Krisiloff, the chief business officer at Helion Energy, said fusion emits no carbon, and has …
Britney Nguyen
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After banning destructive satellite tests, US plans to use nuclear power systems in space
DIU has awarded contracts to two companies, Avalanche Energy to demonstrate next-gen nuclear pro…
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Google sunk $10 million in hopes of proving one of science’s most controversial experiments
Stanley Pons and Martin Flieschmann from the University of Utah claimed that they had ac…
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Microsoft says commercial use of fusion-produced energy will be available within 5 years as part of new deal with Sam Altman-backed Helion
Microsoft is the first company to commit to purchasing electricity produced from fusion, the clean …
Aaron McDade
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India is spending $1.4 billion on a space trip and there are bigger plans involved
On 28 August, the overall cost of the mission was pegged at $1.4 billion, significantly less tha…
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The US military set off its largest nuclear explosion in testing 69 years ago, but scientists had no idea the blast would be that big
The Castle Bravo nuclear test produced an explosive yield of 15 megatons and was 1,000 times more p…
Jake Epstein
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Scientists are one step closer to understanding nuclear fusion reactions
Scientists use telescopes to observe the strange behavior of these stars. One way they do this is b…
Ali Sundermier
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Power Line: Not enough bank for bankruptcy — A $400 billion hole in energy investment — More fuel for fusion
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