A friend of mine who was trained as a physicist used to joke about a future in which each of us would carry handheld fusion reactors that plug in anywhere to provide copious amounts clean energy for ...

The United States has announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough, a historic step towards the promise of “near-limitless” clean energy. “It will go down in the history books,” said Energy Secretary ...

US scientists have announced an historic achievement which could “pave the way” for clean power through nuclear fusion ignition. Calling it a “major scientific breakthrough” the experts at Lawrence ...

Ed Miliband has set out plans to target “virtually limitless” green energy with a nuclear fusion plant in Nottinghamshire.

A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time. Mast Upgrade could clear some of the hurdles to delivering clean, limitless energy for the grid.

The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S.

As ever, you can scroll through the blog to catch up on what you missed and relive the historic announcement as it happened. For a wrap-up of the news briefing and what it could mean for the world's ...

Nuclear fusion has produced more energy than ever before in an experiment, bringing the world a step closer to the dream of limitless, clean power. The new world record has been set at the UK-based ...

There’s a new fusion kid on the block. His name is Nick Hawker and he carries a very big gun – 22m long. It fires a projectile at around 7km/s and aims to hit a bullseye only two atoms wide. Fusion, ...

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A pioneering nuclear fusion experiment based in Oxfordshire has been switched on for the first time. Mast Upgrade could clear some of the hurdles to delivering clean, limitless energy for the grid.

US scientists reveal they have achieved 'holy grail' of getting more energy out of a fusion reaction than it took to trigger it Sarah Knapton is the Science Editor of The Telegraph and has covered all ...