For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Like engineers who design high-performance Formula One race cars, scientists want to create high-performance plasmas in ...

Canadian startup General Fusion has been working on its unique approach to producing clean energy through nuclear fusion for ...

In a global first, Richmond, Canada-headquartered fusion energy company General Fusion achieved the first-ever ...

Try to fathom the power of 1 million nuclear power plants. Now, imagine there is a way to pack the equivalent of that into ...

Proxima Fusion, a Munich-based nuclear fusion technology company, aims to start a test reactor in 2031 as it works towards ...

Small, transportable and mass-produced “microreactors” are seen as part of the future of nuclear power. And it's underway in ...

For the first time, scientists have photographed a rare plasma instability, capturing high-energy electron beams forming into ...

For the first time, scientists have 'photographed' a rare plasma instability, where high-energy electron beams form into ...