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Has This Startup Cracked the Secret to Fusion Energy?
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Fusion energy is only 30 years away. Again.
A Power Company Just Gave MIT $30 Million to Build the World's Strongest Electromagnet
By Brandon Specktor published
What are they going to do with it? Why, solve the energy crisis, of course.
Nuclear Sphere: Weird Globe Could Revolutionize Fusion Energy
By Rafi Letzter published
A team of physicists argues that its strange, spherical fusion reactor could be the way forward for nuclear energy.
Is the World's First Nuclear Fusion Plant Finally on Track?
By Charles Q. Choi published
The world's first nuclear fusion plant has reached a major milestone: Its plasma core is halfway done.
The Subatomic Discovery That Physicists Considered Keeping Secret
By Rafi Letzter published
This subatomic reaction is eight times more powerful than the reaction at the core of hydrogen bombs.
What's the Real Potential of Fusion Energy?
By Stewart Prager, Michael C. Zarnstorff published
With Human 'Fire Power' Comes Great Responsibility (Op-Ed)
By Stephen Pyne published
Fire has played a vital role in human history, and will continue to. Recent advances in fusion herald the freeing of fire from captivity back into its natural form.
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