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Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028
Despite many believing that abundant and clean fusion energy is still decades away, the tech giant is hoping it'll come along much sooner.
Nuclear Fusion Ignition Has Been Achieved, US Government Announces
Ignition—when fusion produces more energy than it consumes—is a "significant step closer to the possibility of zero-carbon abundant fusion energy."
Government Scientists Have Made a Huge Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Reports
Reports say U.S. scientists are about to announce the first net energy gain from a fusion reaction in another step toward limitless clean energy.
Nuclear Fusion Experiment Reveals Unexpected Physics Inside ‘Burning Plasma’
“This is the first burning plasma that we've ever created on the planet, so it's pretty amazing.”
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.