From gigantic planets and stars to tiny cells, all matter in our universe is made of building blocks called atoms. In scientific terms, the energy released from the core or the nucleus of an atom ...

Fusion produces energy by fusing light nuclei, such as hydrogen isotopes, and generates minimal radioactive waste — much less than current nuclear fission reactors. Moreover, the fuel for fusion ...

Fusion differs from fission (the technique currently used in nuclear power plants), because the former fuses two atomic nuclei instead of splitting one (fission). Unlike fission, fusion carries ...

The technology could help produce more resistant materials and allow scientists more control over fusion reactions.

A sign of how serious Beijing is taking this new energy arms race emerged last week when the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Nuclear fusion offers the tantalizing prospect of abundant, clean energy without the long-lived radioactive waste problem of nuclear fission, the world’s current nuclear energy technology.

But what is fusion energy and could it revolutionise the energy landscape? Fusion energy is one of the two ways to produce nuclear energy together with nuclear fission, the method currently used in ...

Needham said nuclear fusion can address those needs. As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) points out, "nuclear fission power plants have the disadvantage of generating unstable nuclear ...