Fictional particle physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter worked on the problem in three episodes of the show’s ...

A new theory suggests fusion reactors could help scientists search for axions, mysterious particles that may explain dark ...

Could future fusion reactors also serve as laboratories in which to manufacture dark matter? That’s the provocative question ...

The Thunderbird Reactor is small enough to fit on a lab bench, making it possible for universities and small labs to join the race. “We hope this work helps bring fusion science out of the giant ...

A new study suggests fusion reactors could generate axions—hypothetical dark matter particles—when fast neutrons collide with ...

For years, one of the most intriguing mysteries in physics has been dark matter—an invisible substance thought to make up ...

Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control ...

There’s only one fusion device on earth that has been able to meet a key scientific threshold, but Maritime Fusion CEO Justin Cohen is already preparing to put a fusion reactor on a boat. Stay with me ...

Just as in-flight turbulence—irregular disruptions in the airflow—results in a bumpy plane ride, plasma turbulence transports ...

As the world races to build the first commercial nuclear fusion plant, engineers from the University of Surrey have made a breakthrough in understanding how welded components behave inside the extreme ...

Workers wear protective equipment in a cavernous hall that contains industrial equipment. The tokamak hall at Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion energy facility in Devens, Massachusetts, will house ...

Taking to the social media platform X on Sunday, Musk shared that the Sun was an "enormous, free fusion reactor" whose energy can be harnessed to meet the planet's power consumption needs. "It is ...