Researchers at the University of British Columbia have shown that a small bench-top reactor can enhance nuclear fusion rates by electrochemically loading a metal with deuterium fuel. Unlike massive ...

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The promise of nuclear fusion feels simple. Just as stars fuse hydrogen into heavier elements to produce energy, a fusion reactor generates massive amounts of energy by combining lightweight particles ...

Physicists have spent decades chasing two grand technological dreams: harnessing fusion power and uncovering the nature of dark matter. A new theoretical paper now suggests those quests might collide ...

Unlike nuclear power reactors, which generate electricity, research reactors are primarily used to produce neutrons for use in industry, medicine, agriculture, geological science and forensics, among ...

In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically limitless energy. But before this can happen, it will be critical to ensure that ...

What if the key to solving humanity’s energy crisis has been hiding in plain sight, dismissed for decades as an impossible dream? In this overview, Two Bit da Vinci explores how Zap Energy is ...

Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An international team of researchers has shown that low-mass dark-sector particles, such ...

One of fusion energy's biggest selling points is that it is supposed to be different from traditional nuclear power. Unlike today's fission reactors, which rely on uranium fuel and produce materials ...

Startup Inertia Enterprises Inc. today announced that it has raised $450 million in funding to build a laser-powered fusion reactor. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round. It was joined by Alphabet ...