The UK ZETA Z-pinch fusion reactor in 1958. During the 1950s, the UK had become one of the leading forces behind nuclear fusion plants, with the research up till that point indicating that the Z ...

France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record.

The startup also flipped the switch last month on its latest prototype, Polaris, which it anticipates will be the first fusion reactor to generate electricity. Polaris, Helion’s seventh ...

The goal is to essentially recreate the processes that power stars like the Sun inside nuclear fusion reactors here on Earth as a way to produce a renewable source of green energy — without ...