Nature

Unveiling the structural spectrum of SARS-CoV-2 fusion by in situ cryo-ET

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, belongs to the Betacoronavirus genus, which also includes SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and ...
Nature

In-situ observation of ancient co-fusion steelmaking process based on HT-CLSM

Observing and analyzing the microstructure of zone samples had been an essential concept in the study of co-fusion steelmaking. High-temperature confocal laser scanning microscope (HT-CLSM) provided a ...
TechCrunch

Laser-initiated fusion leads the way to safe, affordable clean energy

The quest to make fusion power a reality recently took a massive step forward. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced the results of an experiment ...

Fusion reactors could be monitored for covert plutonium production

In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically ...
Power Engineering

Researchers creating hydrogen isotopes for fuel in nuclear fusion process

A team at the Colorado School of Mines is working to create hydrogen membranes for use in nuclear fusion power plants. The project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects ...
Inverse

Physicists achieve a "holy grail" of nuclear fusion — with a long road ahead

Last week, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made nuclear fusion history. At 1 a.m. Pacific on December 5, scientists fired the world’s most energetic lasers to ...
Hackaday

General Fusion Claims Success With Magnetized Target Fusion

It’s rarely appreciated just how much more complicated nuclear fusion is than nuclear fission. Whereas the latter involves a process that happens all around us without any human involvement, and where ...
E&E

What to know about DOE’s fusion ‘breakthrough’

The Department of Energy announced Tuesday it has achieved a major milestone for fusion energy. The Department of Energy announced Tuesday that its scientists have produced the first ever fusion ...
Newsweek

World’s First Nuclear Fusion Power Plant Wants to Equal Fossil Fuel Output

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The world's first nuclear fusion power plant is planned to be built in ...
The Conversation

Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master

The Joint European Torus (seen here with a superimposed image of a plasma) is one of the machines helping to unlock fusion power. Wikimedia Commons This article is part of The Conversation’s worldwide ...
The Weather Network

Nuclear fusion powers the Sun and stars. Here's how we can generate it on Earth

Nuclear fusion promises safe, carbon-free energy in endless quantities but technological challenges reaching exceptional temperatures have hindered the commercialization of this technology. An ...