The company raised $425 million in January 2025, around the same time that it turned on Polaris, a prototype reactor. Helion ...

Nature does not give up her secrets easily.” Such are the sentiments of NIF Senior Scientist John Lindl, summarizing the ...

In a big step forward for clean energy, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Ignition Facility has achieved more progress with the world's only net-positive fusion experiment. According to ...

2024 winning paper: Inertial Confinement Fusion The experiments detailed in the paper were carried out at Lawrence Livermore’s National Laboratory (LLNL). For the last six decades, this laboratory, ...

Flexible structures with spatially distributed accelerometers are a central feature of the “experimental modal analysis” serving to characterize the vibration properties of elastic mechanical systems.

In 2022, fusion ignition and scientific breakeven was achieved for the first time by the NIF at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with fuel capsules on the NIF now producing up to 2.5 times ...

UK firm achieves tritium breakthrough, could boost nuclear fusion fuel supply. The milestone was achieved during a 55-hour Deuterium-Deuterium (DD) fusion irradiation campaign in March.

Germany sees the Wendelstein 7-X reactor achieve a nuclear fusion record. Credit: Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Tino Schulz / CC BY-SA 3.0 A breakthrough experiment at the Max Planck Institute ...

In April 2025, it announced its “Norm” breakthrough where it achieved stable plasma at more than 70 million °C in a simplified fusion device. Its technology is based on the Field-Reversed ...

As Xcimer accelerates hiring overall, Denver-based fusion company welcomes Dr. Silvia De Dea, who helped build the most complex machines humans have ever built De Dea’s expertise includes ...

The company is experimenting with its FuZE-Q fusion device and has built its Century system, a prototype including components beyond the reactor that will be needed to generate power for the grid.

To date, it has raised about $1.8 billion, according to PitchBook, making it one of the highest funded fusion companies. TAE, formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy, worked for years in stealth ...