The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source of clean energy.

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Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.

Nuclear fusion could change the world. It would produce energy at lower costs than we generate it now without greenhouse gas emissions or long-term nuclear waste. "Fusion is the ultimate energy source ...

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Scientists have been trying to understand — and mimic — the way the sun produces energy for centuries. But recreating nuclear fusion on Earth presents an array of technical challenges. It involves ...

Colorado State University could soon become home to one of the most powerful laser facilities in the world through a $150 million public-private partnership with Marvel Fusion, a German company ...

Fusion reactors, while producing energy, also produce neutron streams that can cause radiation damage, produce radioactive waste, necessitate biological shielding, and even create the potential for ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

While the world's only major fusion power effort -- ITER -- continues to trundle along, with an eventual first-fusion date of 2027 at a cost of more than $20 billion to taxpayers, there's a small lab ...