This breakthrough paves the way for practical applications such as monitoring greenhouse gases and cancer detection. Sensors are a constant feature of our everyday lives. Although they often go ...

The National Ignition Facility, home of the first net-positive fusion reaction, is back with an even more powerful energy ...

In naming the signature breakthrough fighter of 2022, the big picture is actually more relevant, since Pereira would probably have won this category even if he had come up short on Nov. 12., ...

Long seen as the ultimate prize in the quest for clean and ... smashes atoms together and unleashes their energy. In late 2022, researchers celebrated a long-sought scientific milestone, a sign ...

The ultimate fusion reactor is the sun ... avoids the need for superconducting magnets and high-powered lasers. The breakthrough: Zap Energy last week created plasma in the FuZE-Q, its fourth ...

"Fusion is the ultimate energy source," says Phil Larochelle, a partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a private venture capital firm that's investing in fusion companies. "If we can get it to ...