(Natural News) Scientists are growing closer to taking advantage of the same source of energy that powers the sun and may one day give us a nearly unlimited source of clean power in the form of nuclear fusion. Researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET) recently set a heat record for the greatest sustained nuclear […]

(Natural News) The world’s most powerful magnet is ready to be shipped to France for a project that will replicate the nuclear reactions taking place on the sun. Made of six magnetic packs, the magnet will be placed in the core of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a $24 billion donut-shaped machine designed to generate electricity via nuclear fusion, or […]

(Natural News) A new study published in the Physical Review Letters suggests that the remnant cores of dead average-size stars can explode like a nuclear bomb. Known as white dwarfs, these dense cores are packed with heavy radioactive elements called actinides that can spontaneously undergo nuclear fission – the splitting of atoms. Depending on certain conditions, these cores can eventually undergo uncontrolled fission, […]

(Natural News) A team of scientists from Princeton University have developed a new code that gives artificial intelligence the capability of developing virtually limitless nuclear fusion energy. The new code, the Fusion Recurrent Neural Network (FRNN), applies deep learning to a pair of comprehensive databases at the world’s largest nuclear energy facilities. These facilities contain […]

(Natural News) Some teenagers listen to music; some take up a sport that they like; some even spend their time glued to social media and video games – and some, like 14-year-old Jackson Oswalt, build a working nuclear reactor in his family’s spare room. Jackson, a shy teenager from Memphis, is the youngest person to […]

(Natural News) A fusion reactor built out of unsafe and unreliable parts might as well be called a thermonuclear bomb. Aware of this problem, European researchers paired together different imaging techniques to make a dual-imaging system that can accurately determine the quality of the reactor components before final assembly. Practical nuclear fusion is not just about replicating […]

(Natural News) Researchers are banking on a newly-developed material to realize the long-standing dream of practical nuclear fusion. They believe high-temperature superconductors (HTS) can raise the efficiency of a fusion power plant to a level that is commercially viable. As their name implies, superconductors are extremely efficient conductors of electricity. They are used in the […]

(Natural News) One of the biggest issues when it comes to designing practical fusion power plants is finding a safe and efficient way to cool it down. MIT researchers have proposed using high-temperature superconducting magnets to expel dangerous heat from the reactor, an article in Science Daily stated. Their design features a compact fusion reactor […]

(Natural News) Representatives of a British firm claimed that its prototype nuclear fusion reactor has successfully sustained temperatures that exceed the heat generated by the Sun. In an article on SHTF Plan.com, the company claimed that commercial customers could expect practical fusion power by 2030. Tokamak Energy reported that its ST40 fusion reactor has managed […]

(Natural News) Is it really possible to capture the energy released during nuclear fusion reactions and turn it into an unlimited power supply for the entire world? A startup energy company based out of Washington state says it is, having recently put forth claims that it successfully discovered the “holy grail” of nuclear fusion. AGNI […]