A fusion reactor in southern France has reached a major milestone towards clean, limitless energy. The fusion reactor WEST created a super-hot plasma and maintained it for six minutes. The experiment lays the foundation for a larger fusion reactor called ITER. A fusion reactor in southern France called WEST has just reached a major milestone … Read more
In the heart of Provence, some of the world’s brightest scientific minds are setting the stage for what is being called the world’s largest and most ambitious scientific experiment. “We are building perhaps the most complex machine ever designed,” confides Laban Coblentz. The task ahead is to demonstrate the feasibility of harnessing nuclear fusion – … Read more
Scientists have discovered the first indications that nuclear fission is taking place between stars. The discovery supports the idea that when neutron stars collide, they create ‘superheavy’ elements – heavier than the heaviest elements on the periodic table – which are then broken down via nuclear fission to birth elements such as the gold in … Read more
The United States will work with other governments to accelerate efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, the US climate envoy said John Kerry said Tuesday, marking the latest of many U.S. announcements over the past week aimed at combating climate change. Nuclear fusion fuses two hydrogen atoms together to produce … Read more