China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion ...

China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) is a nuclear-fusion research reactor in Hefei. Researchers hope ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems said Tuesday at CES 2026 that it has installed the first superconducting magnet for its Sparc ...

China is racing forward in its effort to pave the way in fusion energy science, and state-sponsored media reported earlier this week that one of the country’s next-gen reactors is now under ...

This sector module is next in line for insertion in the tokamak pit. The assembly suspended in vertical tooling is composed of vacuum vessel sector #6 at the center, which is surrounded by a thin ...

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 ...

A view of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor, as seen on September 18, 2015 at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany. A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter ...

Founded in January 2022, Xcimer has already raised $100 million, according to PitchBook, from investors including Hedosophia, ...

The current AI race has reached a bottleneck that can be relieved only by new sources of electrical generation. Alongside the current demand for power, governments around the world continue to ...

The first of 24 gyrotrons has been installed on the top floor of the ITER experimental fusion reactor under construction in Cadarache, southern France. Meanwhile, General Atomics has completed the six ...