After decades of being purely aspirational, commercial nuclear fusion is becoming a matter of "when, not if," driven by an accelerating rate of technological breakthroughs. The race for fusion is ...

Operating a new device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, Zap Energy has now achieved plasmas with electron pressures as high as 830 megapascals (MPa), or 1.6 gigapascals (GPa) total, ...

FuZE-3’s plasma chamber is only about 12 feet long and produces hot dense plasma filaments a few millimeters wide. Credit: Zap Energy Zap Energy’s FuZE-3 device has reached giga-pascal-level plasma ...

Operating a new device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, Zap Energy has now achieved plasmas with electron pressures as high as 830 megapascals (MPa), or 1.6 gigapascals (GPa) total, ...

Abstract: Plasma disruptions are one of the most critical challenges in tokamak operations, as they can severely damage reactor components and compromise fusion performance. Accurate and timely ...

The video shows a plasma pulse inside Tokamak Energy’s ST40 fusion device, recorded with a high-speed color camera running at about 16,000 frames per second. A tokamak uses powerful magnetic fields to ...

Google LLC’s DeepMind research unit is partnering with the nuclear fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC to see if it can help it generate almost unlimited amounts of clean energy using its ...

The best choice between plasma cut vs laser cut depends on your project's priorities. Plasma is faster and more affordable for thick metals, while laser offers unmatched accuracy for thinner materials ...

According to Interesting Engineering, scientists in China have developed a new kind of metal that could help unlock one of the cleanest and most powerful energy sources on Earth: nuclear fusion. The ...

Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KIFE) and US Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) researchers have discovered ways to better control core plasma using boron powder, according to South Korea’s ...