The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for a program that will establish multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary hubs to advance foundational inertial fusion energy (IFE) science ...

John F. Ahearne (NAE), Chair, is the executive director emeritus of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, an adjunct professor of engineering at Duke University, and an adjunct scholar at ...

A a view from inside the OMEGA target chamber during a direct-drive inertial fusion experiment at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics. Scientists fired 28 kilojoules of laser ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energy—if we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside ...

The study of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) dynamics encompasses the intricate processes that occur during rapid fuel compression and ignition. Advanced numerical methods now enable the detailed ...

Following ignition demonstrations at the National Ignition Facility, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. Here, SLAC experts weigh in on what it ...

US-based Inertia Enterprises has entered into a strategic partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...

Dr. Arijit Bose is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Delaware (UD). Prior to UD, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT – Plasma Science and Fusion ...

Keeping the United States’ nuclear arsenal ready for use is an ongoing process, one which is necessarily shrouded in complete secrecy. In an article by The War Zone these developments and the secrets ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7 - Affordable and clean energy. Nuclear fusion is the process powering stellar cores and providing a potential pathway towards meeting ...

Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...