It doesn’t hurt that, at the end of 2022, a U.S. Department of Energy lab announced that it had produced a controlled fusion reaction that produced more power than the lasers had imparted to the ...

The carbon fusion reaction, in which two 12C nuclei combine under extreme stellar conditions, is of paramount importance in astrophysics. This process not only dictates the evolution of massive ...

Heavy-ion fusion reactions represent a cornerstone of nuclear physics research, where the interplay of repulsive Coulomb forces and attractive nuclear interactions governs the formation of a ...

This entire setup allowed the team to directly measure the number of alpha particles produced by the 12C-12C fusion reaction at 2.22 MeV, an energy level well within the so-called Gamow window.

Nuclear fusion, an energy generation method driven by the combination of two hydrogen atoms, has long been sought for its potential as a near-limitless source of energy. In the pursuit of cheap ...

A Chinese nuclear astrophysics team has made the most sensitive direct measurement yet of 12C(12C,a0)23Na down to Ec.m.=2.22 MeV The fusion of carbon nuclei (12 C+ 12 C) is a fundamental reaction ...

In fusion reactors, particularly stellarators, magnetic fields trap plasma—a hot, electrically charged gas crucial for fusion reactions. Yet, energetic particles called alpha particles ...

Nuclear fusion: WEST machine beats the world record for plasma duration. 1,337 seconds: that was how long WEST, a tokamak run from the CEA Cadarache site in southern France and one of the ...

Wendelstein 7-X, a nuclear fusion reactor in the city of Greifswald, Germany, has set a new record for a crucial metric in fusion physics.

Nuclear fusion reactors are highly powerful technologies that can generate energy by fusing (i.e., joining) two light atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus. These fusion reactions release large ...

The net energy gain achievement applied to the fusion reaction itself, not the total amount of power it took to operate the lasers and run the project. For fusion to be viable, it will need to ...

U.S. researchers made a major scientific breakthrough last week that could someday produce an infinite source of carbon-free energy, federal officials announced Tuesday. On Dec. 5, scientists at ...