X-pinch plasma achieves radial proton acceleration for crisp imaging

From pursuits of nuclear fusion to an attractive point source of accelerated protons for proton radiography. Protons ...
techtimes

Fusion Fuel Chemistry Yields to Quantum Computing in World-First Calculation

Fusion energy has always had a tritium problem. The fuel that powers every leading reactor design barely exists on Earth in usable quantities, and the best candidate for breeding it inside a reactor — ...
ZME Science

A Fusion Startup Lit Bulbs With Electricity Pulled Straight From Plasma

A fusion company has made a few light bulbs glow by converting plasma straight into electricity for the very first time. The ...
Oak Ridge National Lab

Oak Ridge National Lab, Cleveland Clinic, and IBM achieve first-known computations of fusion materials on a quantum computer

In a future tokamak, neutrons released from the plasma during fusion could bombard the surrounding molten salt blanket to create tritium. This new work uses quantum computers to model the interaction ...
The Hamilton Spectator

UPDATE - General Fusion Achieves Compressional Plasma Heating with LM26 Magnetized Target Fusion Machine

The results, submitted for peer review and publicly available, demonstrate significant progress toward key 1 keV electron temperature milestone VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23, 2026 (GLOBE ...
Princeton University

Delivery of magnet bundle to Princeton Plasma Physics Lab signals a new age of fusion research

On June 3, a flatbed truck arrived at the front gates of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) carrying a piece of machinery that could influence the course ...
TechCrunch

Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma

No one has made a fusion reactor capable of generating power, but physicists have a pretty good road map for how to get there. One major milestone is heating fusion fuel up above 10 million degrees ...
Reuters

Commonwealth Fusion says papers validate its quest to generate power

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the world's top-funded private firm among those seeking to generate power by replicating the nuclear reaction that takes place in stars, ...
Scientific American

Helion Energy wants to build fusion power on a start-up timeline

Just east of Malaga, Wash.—a farm town in apple country—the Columbia River runs between basalt bluffs past the Rock Island Dam, which has turned water into electricity for the Pacific Northwest since ...
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Spinning plasma simulations explain fusion heat-load imbalance, US lab says

Scientists at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have identified a long-standing asymmetry in how fusion plasma distributes heat and particles inside tokamak reactors, tracing the cause to the ...
techtimes

Deuterium Tritium Fusion Reactors in ITER Tokamaks Achieving Net Energy Gain Through Plasma Confinement

Explore how fusion reactors, ITER tokamaks, plasma confinement, and deuterium tritium fuel work together to unlock net energy gain and deliver reliable, large-scale clean energy. Pixabay, ...