The rapid rise of AI is both straining global energy systems and accelerating the race to achieve commercial nuclear fusion, ...

Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.

Brown dwarfs are often called “failed stars” because they are too small to keep nuclear fusion going in their cores, the process that makes stars shine. These objects sit somewhere between planets and ...

A partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and Japan's Kyoto Fusioneering aims to advance critical infrastructure ...

In Anhui Province, on Friday, March 20, 2026, China's “Artificial Sun” (EAST) entered a new phase of development.

Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy ...

It’s “common knowledge”—and the scare quotes should be a warning—that the sun is an average star. The lower limit is around 7 to 8 percent of the sun’s mass; any less than that, and there isn’t enough ...

The Department of Energy’s Office of Science is being ‘realigned’ following a broader restructuring of the agency.

The governments of the Middle East should consider investments in nuclear fusion—not least because of its likely impact on hydrocarbons once introduced.

The European Union is investing in its efforts to secure a cleaner, more independent energy future with a €330 million ...

Nuclear fusion energy could become commercially viable by the early 2030s as scientists work to replicate the sun's power, ...