Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...

At CES 2026 on Tuesday, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) revealed a major milestone in nuclear fusion energy. The company has installed the first of 18 powerful magnets in its Sparc fusion reactor, a ...

Engineers at the DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA), a branch of Rosatom, ...

A team of researchers has identified a mechanism that could lower the extreme temperature ...

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 ...

Chinese researchers report experimentally overcoming the Greenwald density limit in tokamak fusion reactors. The advance removes a major physics barrier toward sustained fusion and energy breakeven.

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 ...

For years, scientists noticed that magnetic fields could improve steel, but no one knew exactly why. New simulations reveal that magnetism changes how iron atoms behave, making it harder for carbon ...

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean ...

Founded in 1960 by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Nuclear Fusion is the leading journal in the field. The Editorial Office is based at IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, and ...

Nuclear fusion is deemed the next big thing in the field of energy harvesting for humanity, but creating a reactor that can achieve continuous electricity generation has proved to be a massive ...