Was MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro murdered for his pioneering work on nuclear fusion?
UPDATE: Suspect found dead. Also from Portugal. Was a physics grad student years ago. Appears responsible for both Brown and MIT shootings. Motive?
Are we on the threshold of commercial fusion?
Many today are talking about a “fission fusion society"
The Fusion Race Heats Up
The greatest obstacle to fusion supplying the world with limitless electricity is learning how to maintain a balance between magnetic confinement and the severe heat.
Will nuclear fusion be the “Norm?”
A reactor named Norman, was designed to keep plasma stable at 30 million C. Five years later the machine had proven capable of sustaining stable plasma at more than 75 million C.
Fencing with fusion: The holy grail
How close is science to providing an endless supply of emissions free energy to power the planet?
Unraveling nuclear fusion confusion
Nuclear fusion has been ten years away for thirty years. Could that be about to change?
One year after the laser fusion energy breakthrough: What comes next?
BY EDWARD MOSES: 192 laser beams were pointed at a peppercorn-sized target and a tiny sun was created on Earth.
Fusion won’t Replace hydrocarbons anytime soon
The next necessary breakthrough will require an entire fusion reactor - including all input energy to create it — to produce more net energy than it consumes.
Harnessing the power of the stars a step closer
The potential of this safe, clean, endlessly abundant energy source could change everything. Let's do the science and find out.
Fusion is not just a culinary treat
Nuclear breakthroughs abound despite doubts
China’s “Artificial Sun” beats fusion record
China set the fusion reaction record on May 23rd by sustaining a temperature of 120 million degrees C (216 million degrees F) for 101 seconds; far hotter than the temperature of the sun. The experiment took place at "EAST," the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak in Hefei, China. South Korea held the prior record achieving a 100 million degree C fusion reaction for 20 seconds in December. If future fusion reactions can be controlled at a rate at which the energy produced exceeds the amount needed to sustain the reaction, humanity's quest for clean, abundant, affordable energy will be achieved. Fusion power [...]
Going “Back to the Future” to jumpstart fusion power
What makes Magnetized Target Fusion different than “tokamak” fusion technologies, such as the famous ITER project in France, is that it does not need extraordinary outside power to kick it into operation.
Fusion and fission both: The U.S. reenters the nuclear energy universe
NELA aims to reestablish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy by focusing the Department of Energy on demonstrating advanced reactor concepts, providing fuel for initial advanced nuclear reactors, and developing the nuclear energy workforce
The fusion race
The worldwide race to achieve affordable, functional nuclear fusion is rolling along, with new players popping up all over the map seeking a slice of what promises to be an unlimited energy pie that could pave the way to interplanetary travel (among many other things).
Nuclear fusion: Tomorrow’s clean energy?
Can we harness the power of the stars?