This week's podcast features a former television star who is a fusion entrepreneur
Read article: Fusion propulsion for interstellar travel, why ice is slippery, fireworks lit the fuse on science funding
A new world record for the strongest steady-state nuclear fusion reaction could boost production of the vital medical isotope molybdenum-99
Read article: Record breaking fusion reaction could transform medical isotope production
Conceptual design for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production facility will be complete by 2024
Read article: UK announces £220m to design a ‘commercially viable’ fusion power plant
The UK Atomic Energy Authority is investing in facilities and people to establish fusion as a source of clean, limitless power within our lifetimes
Read article: Striving towards a fusion future
Conversations about nuclear fusion and fission dominate this week's podcast as editors reflect on "big science" and how to cover stories where the underlying science is subject to debate
Read article: Magnetic fields, commercial fusion energy and the health effects of Chernobyl
Alex Creely and Erica Salazar describe how a private company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, is betting on advanced magnet technologies to make the fusion dream a reality
Read article: A commercial path to fusion
Physics World journalists discuss the week’s research highlights
Read article: Google reignites the cold fusion debate and Oxfordshire boasts its quantum credentials
Stable plasma conditions are generated in a Z-pinch device for the first time, offering a new route more compact fusion reactors
Read article: Physicists spot the signatures of nuclear fusion in a table-top device
Statistical approach learns from previous experiments
Read article: Laser fusion output is tripled by new computer algorithm
Third episode in mini-series explores the prospects for fusion as a viable energy source
Read article: Physics World 30th anniversary podcast series – fusion energy
