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Fusion power start-ups go small in effort to bring commercial reactors to life
For decades, the quest for nuclear fusion energy has been driven by giant government-led projects — with giant price tags to match.
Billionaires back fusion energy projects in pursuit of a ‘SpaceX moment’
Not long before he died, tech visionary Paul Allen traveled to the south of France for a personal tour of a…
We Were Promised Fusion Energy
For the entirety of recorded history, humans have worshipped nuclear fusion. It’s gone by different names over the millennia, of…
Nuclear Fusion: Sustainable Energy From Plasma Hotter than the Sun Edges Closer
The prospect of fusion energy—a potentially limitless and clean source of power—has just edged a little closer. Scientists believe they…
Could these mini reactors replicate the power of the Sun?
For decades scientists have tried to replicate nuclear fusion – the process that powers the Sun. If successful it would…
This Vancouver Startup Is Chasing the Dream of Clean, Limitless Energy Forever
In the suburbs of Vancouver, a team is working on what they think is humanity’s best chance at clean, unlimited…
Is Fusion Energy in Our Future?
John Holdren has heard the old joke a million times: fusion energy is 30 years away—and always will be. Despite…
Is alluring but elusive fusion energy possible in our lifetime?
Limitless power with virtually no greenhouse gases or radioactive waste. If that sounds too good to be true, that’s because…
Can Small Fusion Energy Start-Ups Conquer the Problems That Killed the Giants?
Sitting in the control room of Tri Alpha Energy’s experimental fusion reactor, in front of computer screens labeled “plasma guns”…
Go Inside TriAlpha, A Startup Pursuing the Ideal Power Source
No energy technology is more tantalizing than fusion, but no energy technology has proved more disappointing. So how has a…
Inside the Quest for Fusion, Clean Energy’s Holy Grail
The machine lives in a white building in an Orange County office park so uninteresting-looking that not even the person…
Start-Ups Take On Challenge of Nuclear Fusion
A group of start-ups is promising a new and virtually unlimited source of power, one that produces none of the…
MIT Researchers’ (Relatively) Cheap Fusion
Innovator: Dennis WhyteAge: 51Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology