Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made). Researchers at ...

British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion and UK-based strategic consultancy Stonehaven have released a ...

A a view from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive inertial fusion experiment at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Scientists fired 28 kilojoules of laser ...

Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research underpins the ongoing quest to replicate the nuclear fusion processes that power the stars within a controlled laboratory environment. By using intense ...

The study of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) dynamics encompasses the intricate processes that occur during rapid fuel compression and ignition. Advanced numerical methods now enable the detailed ...

In December 2022, inside a lab the size of a football field in California, 192 lasers fired simultaneously at a tiny gold capsule. For a fraction of a second, humankind achieved what the stars have ...

The hubs will be led by researchers at Colorado State University, the University of Rochester, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Projects funded by the program—known as Inertial Fusion ...

SLAC's Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, and Siegfried Glenzer help lead the lab's fusion energy research. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory SLAC's Alan Fry, Arianna Gleason, and ...

A view of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor, as seen on September 18, 2015 at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany. A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter ...

A glass of seawater contains as much energy as a barrel of oil. But unlike the more than 300 kilograms of CO2 released when 159 liters of oil are burned, no greenhouse gases are produced when energy ...

It wasn’t a fluke: Researchers at a Department of Energy (DOE) lab have repeated their breakthrough fusion power experiment. Only this time, the results are even better. On July 30, lasers once again ...