Damien Jemison/AP. 1. There’s more than one way to do it. Scientists are trying to replicate the scientific reactions that happen inside the sun to create nuclear fusion power on Earth.

Inertial confinement fusion is just one method scientists have used to get reactions going. Other methods involve creating plasma—an electrically charged gas—and using magnets to circulate it ...

The biggest example is the two main approaches to fusion – magnetic confinement and laser inertial confinement. Though they both aim at fusing hydrogen isotopes, they take completely different ...

Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made).Researchers at ...

For the first time, a fusion experiment produced more energy than it absorbed—at least in the chamber. This video separates fact from fiction, explaining how inertial confinement at the National ...

The dream of harnessing controlled nuclear fusion for the generation of vast amounts of clean energy is increasingly becoming a reality through the advancement of inertial confinement fusion (ICF).

Magneto-Inertial Fusion. Whereas magnetic confinement fusion does effectively what it says on the tin, magnetic target fusion is pretty much a hybrid of magnetic confinement fusion and the laser ...

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… ...

A team of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has made advancements in understanding and resolving the long-standing "drive-deficit" problem in indirect-drive inertial ...