Ever since nuclear fusion was first discovered in the 1930s, scientists have imagined ways to harness its energy. The earliest designs for nuclear fusion reactors began in earnest in the 1950s, with ...

In a laboratory at the University of Miami, mechanical engineer Giacomo Po is pushing the limits of material science. Using a focused ion beam, he sculpts a metal alloy into a structure hundreds of ...

Cold fusion, one of the most notorious blunders in science, is making a return – of sorts. Scientists have resurrected an experiment that was once claimed to show room-temperature nuclear fusion, ...