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Artists concept view of the interior of the ITER reaction vessel. Nuclear fusion involves creating a plasma of superheated gas to temperatures of more than 200 million degrees C, conditions hot enough to force deuterium and tritium atoms to fuse together and release energy. Fusion takes place inside a 'Tokamak' torus within a giant magnetic field, the only way to contain the heat generated. The ITER reactor is designed to produce 500 MW, 10 times more energy than it consumes. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future.

Physics

Can a slew of nuclear fusion start-ups deliver unlimited clean energy?

We have been trying to harness the reaction that powers the stars for decades, and now private firms are promising commercial fusion within a decade. Is there any reason to believe them this time?

Features

The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

Humans

The Elon Musk Show review: Searching for the man who is Elon Musk

Culture

Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

Technology

Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence

Comment

The success of text-to-image AIs raises major ethical issues

Technology

The success of text-to-image AIs raises major ethical issues

Comment

Oliver Stone interviews Dr. Ashley Finan, Director of the National Reactor Innovation Center, at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, USA.

Environment

Nuclear Now review: Oliver Stone's paean to a nuclear future

Culture

Power supply connect to electric vehicle for charge to the battery. Charging technology industry transport which are the futuristic of the Automobile. EV fuel Plug in hybrid car

Technology

Supercharging tweak could fill electric car batteries 90% in 10 mins

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Technology

What hackers get up to when left on an island in the Pacific

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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Society

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

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In this aerial picture taken on October 23, 2020, smoke rises from the fields as farmers burn straw stubble on the outskirts of Fatehgarh Sahib, in the northern Indian state of Punjab

Technology

A large nuclear war could leave 5 billion people without enough to eat

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T806G0 LLNL, National Ignition Facility Preamplifiers, 2012

Physics

Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

A 2021 experiment achieved the landmark milestone of nuclear fusion ignition, which data analysis has now confirmed – but attempts to recreate it over the last year haven’t been able to reach ignition again

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Technology

Big Tech and Civil War enthusiasts clash over historic US battlefields

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Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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Technology

Experimental earphone can ‘hear’ commands user is silently mouthing

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Technology

Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

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