An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

China’s next-generation nuclear fusion research device, BEST, has entered a new construction phase involving the assembly of its main machine. The transition was marked by the installation of the ...

Workers monitor the Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing, a circular machine in a large white room. The Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing generated its first plasma in 2019. Credit: National ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sun-mimicking technology known as nuclear fusion hopes to create “limitless” energy by smashing light nuclei together using ...

A project of almost unimaginable scale is kicking into high gear in the south of France. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is humanity's biggest and boldest attempt to ...