A powerful laser turned a copper wire into plasma similar to that found in stars, opening up new possibilities for fusion energy.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is pursuing funding to increase the laser fusion power at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) from 2.2 megajoules (MJ) to 2.6 MJ as part of the Enhanced ...

California-based Longview Fusion Energy Systems has contracted US engineering and construction firm Fluor Corporation to design the world's first commercial laser fusion power plant. A rendering of a ...

Workers wear protective equipment in a cavernous hall that contains industrial equipment. The tokamak hall at Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion energy facility in Devens, Massachusetts, will house ...

This is a summary of the information from the Inertial Fusion Science and Applications 2023 conference and the presentations and announcements from Lawrence Livermore National Labs and the National ...

Target Area Operations technicians Anthony Ybarra and Sky Marshall enter the NIF Target Chamber during a Facility Maintenance and Reconfiguration period. Credit: James Pryatel. Courtsy National ...

Marvel Fusion, the Munich-headquartered company that is looking to develop laser-based fusion energy systems, says it has added a further €50 billion to its series B round of funding. The latest ...

A memorandum of understanding has been signed by representatives from politics, business and science aimed at establishing a laser-based nuclear fusion power plant at the former Biblis nuclear power ...

Inertia Enterprises, the US-based laser fusion startup company established by two pioneers of the technology from the National Ignition Facility (NIF), has closed a series A round of venture funding ...

In July, scientists at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California generated a burst of energy by bombarding a pellet of hydrogen with 192 lasers, ...