New reactor design could help unlock commercial development of super-fuel Jonathan Leake is the Telegraph's Energy Editor. He has previously worked for other publications covering science, environment ...

Avalanche Energy is working on an DARPA project to build a new class of materials capable of turning damaging radiation into ...

Energy remains one of the most powerful forces in the world today. It is what destroys our environment and constrains the growth of nations. In modern times, the politics of energy has driven us to ...

A boy of just 12 has built a working nuclear fusion reactor - in his own playroom. Jackson Oswalt, who is now 14, is thought to be the youngest person in the world to achieve this incredible goal, ...

Deep under the Nevada desert in the 1980s the US conducted secret nuclear weapons research. Among the experiments was an effort to see if nuclear fusion, the reaction which powers the sun, could be ...

If we want to rely on nuclear fusion to power the world's homes, the first step is making reactors that can run as hot and as long as possible. Now, China's 'artificial sun' reactor – officially ...

The world’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor has begun operations in Japan, marking a major milestone towards achieving the “holy grail” of clean energy. The experimental JT-60SA reactor in Japan’s ...

A world record for nuclear fusion has been smashed after an ‘artificial sun’ reactor was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes. The WEST reactor, in southern France, is at the forefront ...