Nuclear fusion breakthrough brings endless energy closer to reality

While the ITER project prepares tomorrow's fusion reactor by magnetic containment, Thales is studying another option based on high-power lasers with the GenF startup.

Nuclear fusion breakthrough brings endless energy closer to reality

Researchers have made a leap forward in the pursuit of clean, endless energy. A team at General Atomics, a U.S. Department of Energy-backed facility, has unveiled a key advance in nuclear fusion, the same process that fuels the sun. The results, published in Nature, mark a milestone in turning fusion technology into a real-world energy source. For decades, scientists have aimed to harness this power, but major technical obstacles stood in the wa…