A drone mounted with cameras and sensors has been used for the first time to inspect the Joint European Torus former fusion ...

Explore how fusion energy research is extending reaction times, highlighting nuclear fusion progress toward reliable, large-scale clean energy while explaining challenges, technologies, and future ...

At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer connected to a control room 3,500 miles away in Oxford, England. Years of ...

A Bill Gates-backed nuclear fusion company has teamed up with tech giants Nvidia and Siemens in an effort to bring the energy that powers the sun a step closer to commercial reality. Commonwealth ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said on Tuesday at CES 2026 that it had installed the first magnet in its Sparc fusion reactor, the demonstration device that it hopes to turn on next year. The ...

Scientists at China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) program rang in the new year with a stunning accomplishment: empirical evidence that they used the device to achieve nuclear ...

With a new slim design, the combined LiDAR and Camera is purpose-built for behind-the-windshield installations, drones, micro-robotics and humanoids The solution simplifies OEM sensor integration, ...

Nuclear energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) said it would collaborate with chipmaker NVIDIA and energy technology group Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC fusion machine. The ...

During the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviet Union competed across nearly every arena, including space. The rivalry shifted dramatically on Oct. 4, 1957, when the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik, the ...

Journal Editorial Report: The year's best from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Mary O'Grady, Dan Henninger and Paul Gigot. Photo: VATICAN MEDIA/Zuma Press Will fusion reactors soon deliver emissions-free ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists and companies have been trying for decades to harness fusion energy, the process that fires the sun, to generate electricity on Earth. A $6 billion deal announced on Dec. 18 to ...