Last year's historic demonstration of ignition is stimulating renewed optimism for laser fusion, but many challenges remain
Read article: National Ignition Facility’s ignition milestone sparks fresh push for laser fusion
Surpassing energy breakeven at US facility constitutes a "Wright brothers moment" for fusion research, say researchers
Read article: National Ignition Facility demonstrates net fusion energy gain in world first
Result from gigantic laser might help establish a new source of energy
Read article: Anomalous plasma burning heats-up fusion research
Research could boost performance of large-scale reactors
Read article: Fusion-reactor instabilities can be optimized by adjusting plasma density and magnetic fields
In this podcast we chat about nuclear diamond batteries and materials for fusion reactors
Read article: Nuclear forensics keeps tabs on radioactive materials, big science summer school launches in Spain
After failing to reproduce last year’s record-breaking fusion-energy shot, scientists at the US National Ignition Facility have gone back to the drawing board
Read article: National Ignition Facility’s laser-fusion milestone ignites debate
In this podcast we meet the CEO and co-founder of First Light Fusion
Read article: Projectile fusion offers new path to clean energy, quantum communications for alien civilizations
ITER deputy director Eisuke Tada takes over the French-based fusion project while the ITER Council searches for a long-term successor
Read article: Fusion community mourns death of ITER boss Bernard Bigot aged 72
The cryogenics industry has a fundamental role to play in crafting the conceptual design for the UK’s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production facility
Read article: Realizing the STEP fusion dream will require cryogenic innovation at scale and at pace
Physics World Stories examines the recent breakthrough at the Joint European Torus experiment
Read article: JET’s record result and the quest for fusion energy
