The field of nuclear fusion has seen some exciting advances of late, with scientists demonstrating how fuels can be heated to the temperatures needed for the necessary reactions to take place. All are ...

Scientists and engineers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time successfully produced more energy from a nuclear fusion reaction than the laser power needed to ...

A team of researchers working at the National Ignition Facility, part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has found that covering a cylinder containing a small amount of hydrogen fuel with a ...

This month the media was abuzz with the announcement that the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) had accomplished a significant breakthrough in the quest to achieve commercial nuclear fusion.

The Department of Energy today unveiled the world’s largest laser facility at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are taking the wraps ...

(CNN) — Images from space reveal an enormous X-shaped building rising up from rocky terrain in southwestern China. This is a huge nuclear fusion research facility, analysts say, and it could be a sign ...

If climate change is an 'existential threat to human existence,' as President Biden suggests, nuclear power may have to be part of the transition from fossil fuels. The Bill Gates-backed TerraPower ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On January 27, 1996, France conducted Xouthos, its 210th and final ...

Generally, homogeneous mixture combustion is preferred at high loads in conventional spark-ignition engines. But homogeneous mixture combustion can lead to high hydrocarbon (HC) emissions at low loads ...

Luxury automakers have been chasing total fuel burning in their combustion engine chambers for decades, employing multiple techniques and tweaks to the traditional spark plug over the years to ...