Researchers were unsure whether alpha particles would aid or hinder fusion. Simulations suggest they help, by dampening ...

The achievement shows kinetic energy from charged exhaust particles can be converted into useful electricity, but it's still not a working commercial reactor.

A fusion company has made a few light bulbs glow by converting plasma straight into electricity for the very first time. The ...

Realta Fusion showed it could generate electricity from a fusion reaction, no steam turbine required.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of fusion energy's biggest selling points is that it is supposed to be different from traditional nuclear power. Unlike ...

Fusion power startup Avalanche Energy said its reactor prototype heated a plasma to over 10 million degrees C.

Like surfers catching ocean waves, particles within the hot, electrically charged state of matter known as plasma can ride waves that oscillate through the plasma during experiments to investigate the ...

More than 100 scientists from around the world met in Shizuoka, Japan, last week to discuss the physics of energetic particles and instabilities in fusion plasmas – the state of matter in which nuclei ...

A key challenge in fusion research is maintaining the stability of the hot, charged plasma that fuels fusion reactions inside doughnut-shaped facilities called "tokamaks." Physicists at the U.S.

SPARC, a next-generation fusion device from MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, uses powerful superconducting magnets to confine plasma and sustain fusion reactions. Recent studies confirm its design ...