Youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion - Guinness World Records

"The temperature in my fusor varies, but it's approximately 100 million degrees [Kelvin]."

Middle schooler builds tiny, working fusion reactor

Boy Genius

With just hours left before he turned 13, Jackson Oswalt managed to fuse two deuterium atoms together in a fusion reactor he built — in his play room.

Middle Schooler Builds Tiny, Working Fusion Reactor

A 12-year-old just became the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion.

The team is expecting to generate ten times the heat than what has to be put in.

Scientists start construction of world's largest fusion reactor

30 Years Away

Engineers have begun construction of the world's largest nuclear fusion project today in southern France, with operations planned to begin in late 2025.

Scientists Start Construction of World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

"Enabling the exclusive use of clean energy will be a miracle for our planet."

Bubble-like structures called "magnetic islands" can throw fusion reactions out of whack by triggering sudden releases of energy.

Physicists discover new trick to stabilize fusion reactors

Stabilizing

A team of research scientists at Princeton University may have found a new way to control fusion reactions.

Physicists Discover New Trick to Stabilize Fusion Reactors

Fusion reactors are extremely difficult to control. This could be the answer.

"I don't want to be a laughing stock by promising we can deliver something in 10 years, and then not getting there."

Fusion startup claims breakthrough will provide "unlimited" energy

Big Talk

An Australian fusion startup called HB11 claims to have found a way to revolutionize current nuclear fusion technology. A bold statement.

Fusion Startup Claims Breakthrough Will Provide “Unlimited” Energy

"We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than half a century."

Chinese scientists aim to generate fusion power by 2040

Mega Tokamak

Chinese scientists want to achieve fusion power generation by the year 2040, according to a new Reuters story about the country's energy ambitions.

Chinese Scientists Aim to Generate Fusion Power by 2040

But it still takes a lot more energy to kickstart the reactors than we actually generate from them.

At the very least, it's a fascinating example of squeezing interesting research out of dated equipment.

Scientists just got amazing results from an old fusion reactor

Earth & Energy

A team of scientists found they achieved high pressure plasma and energy — in theory enough to achieve fusion power — at an old fusion reactor in San Diego.

Scientists Just Got Amazing Results From an Old Fusion Reactor

A simple change led to higher pressure and stabler plasma.

"We must be led by the science and there is still a lot to do."

This startup wants its fusion reactor to actually produce power

Achieving Fusion

Researchers from the First Light Fusion group in Oxford are planning to demonstrate fusion by mid-2019 and the creation of fusion energy by 2024.

This Startup Wants Its Fusion Reactor to Actually Produce Power

And they just powered it on for the first time.

A second research team was able to replicate their remarkable results.

By adding a third ion to the traditional two-ion plasma mix, MIT researchers were able to dramatically increase their fusion energy output.

MIT Researchers Have Discovered a Way to Increase Nuclear Fusion’s Energy Output

We’re one step closer to a future powered by fusion. 

Advanced Transport

Researchers are working on plasma jet engines that could fly aircraft to the edge of space using air and electricity alone.

Get Ready For Low-Cost Jet Engines That Reach Space Without Burning Fossil Fuels

The jets of the future could be powered by air and electricity alone.

Sci-Fi Visions

In a recent National Geographic interview, Neil Degrasse Tyson discusses the possibility of creating unlimited, clean energy from a fusion reactor.

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