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Government Scientists Create 'Burning Plasma' In Fusion Energy Milestone
Scientists extracted a maximum yield of 170 kilojoules from a two-millimeter capsule of thermonuclear fuel.
People Think China Launched an ‘Artificial Sun’ Into the Sky
China recently reached a milestone with an “artificial sun,” but it's a lot more exciting and less terrifying than the internet thinks.
MIT Scientists Report 'Major Advance' In Fusion Energy
Scientists working with superconducting magnets have made a breakthrough that paves the way for carbon-free power.
Government Scientists Have Made a Fusion Energy Breakthrough
A recent experiment at the National Ignition Facility produced 1.3 megajoules of nuclear fusion energy, twice as much as expected.
This Magnet Can Lift an Aircraft Carrier And Will Attempt Nuclear Fusion
The first module of the Central Solenoid is driving across the US under cover of night to be shipped to France to eventually attempt nuclear fusion.
Physicists Propose That the Universe Is Filled With Tiny, Natural Atomic Bombs
A rare natural fission reaction might detonate white dwarfs into special supernovae that help scientists measure the expansion of the universe.
Scientists Recreated Nuclear Fusion From the Big Bang Under a Mountain In Italy
Scientists shot protons at a deuterium nucleus to understand what the universe was like mere minutes after it was born.
A Child Explains Why He Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Playroom
“I realized that certain things that I thought were impossible for someone my age aren’t impossible,” said Jackson Oswalt, 14.
Korean Waffle Pizzas Are a Stoner's Dream in LA
Once upon a time, waffle pizza was just something you microwaved together after a stoned TV binge. But in LA, there’s now an entire restaurant that proves that pizza is the best thing to happen to waffles since fried chicken.
How-To: Make Korean Beef Brisket Stew with Kimchi Pete
Australian chef Kimchi Pete shows us how to make a Korean Stew with beef brisket.
In 'Soonish,' a Scientist/Cartoonist Couple Predict Tomorrow's Technologies
From asteroid mining to brain-computer interfaces, ‘Soonish’ explores ten developing technologies with the power to make the future awesome, awful, or a little of both.
We Were Promised Fusion Energy
Inside the race to get the first nuclear fusion reactor on the power grid.