Fusion energy : Science World Report

Nov 20, 2015 03:49 PM EST

Evolving Fuel Cell Catalysts Captured Through Microscopy Technique

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created new microscopy technique that captures a view of evolving fuel cell catalysts.

Nov 19, 2015 12:02 PM EST

Stormy Space Weather Impacts Electricity In Equator Regions

In a recent study, RMIT researchers found that stormy space weather causes major electrical disruptions within equatorial regions.

Nov 13, 2015 02:15 PM EST

Laser Creates Material Hotter Than The Sun

The new technique has one of the fastest heating rates that have ever been performed in a lab - it is also 100 times faster than many current, high power laser systems.

Nov 12, 2015 07:29 AM EST

New Plasma Confinement State May be the Secret to Fusion Energy

Scientists have discovered a new confinement state for plasma that could lead to the future of fusion energy.

Oct 02, 2015 11:50 AM EDT

Fusion Reactors May be Economically Viable to Generate Electricity

Fusion reactors could actually become an economically viable way to generate electricity within a few decades.

Oct 09, 2014 08:03 AM EDT

New Fusion Reactor Could Result in Cheaper Power Than Coal

Fusion energy may be the power of the future. Yet the economics of fusion energy haven't exactly worked out. Now, though, scientists may have designed a new concept for a fusion reactor that could solve this issue.

Feb 28, 2014 08:58 PM EST

Nuclear Fusion: Jülich’s Role in ITER

ITER is the next major step in international fusion research. The Fusion for Europe agency F4E is responsible for providing the European contribution to ITER, which is scheduled to go into operation in the early 2020's and demonstrate the feasibility of fusion energy on a power-plant scale for the f...

Feb 13, 2014 05:07 PM EST

Harnessing Nuclear Fusion Could Provide a Safe Energy Alternative

For the first time in scientific history scientists have harnessed the power of nuclear fusion in a reaction that occurred in under a second. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recorded the successful reaction.

Feb 12, 2014 02:59 PM EST

Scientists Achieve 'Turning Point' in Fusion Energy Quest With Net-Gain

Scientists announced on Wednesday an important milestone in the decades-old quest to achieve controlled fusion reactions on earth, which, if harnessed successfully, promises a nearly inexhaustible energy source for future generations.

Dec 31, 2013 02:59 PM EST

Breakthrough: One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion Power Station

The superconductivity research group of the University of Twente (UT) has made a technological breakthrough crucial to the success of nuclear fusion reactors, allowing for clean, inexhaustible energy generation based on the workings of the stars in our galaxy.

Dec 13, 2013 07:12 PM EST

German Fusion Experiment TEXTOR Shut Down After 30 Years

Results produced at Jülich's large-scale fusion device TEXTOR have considerably advanced international fusion research. Yesterday at 18:00, a plasma discharge provided science with data for the very last time.

Oct 15, 2013 11:05 PM EDT

World Powers Back Hotter-Than-The-Sun Fusion Reactor in France

Ministers representing many of the world's main economic powers met on 6 September 2013 to show their support for one of the world’s most ambitious scientific experiments – a nuclear fusion reactor that will operate at temperatures ten times hotter than the core of the sun.