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Clean energy from nuclear fusion may soon be commercial. But leaders around the world have done little to prepare.

Recent advancements in nuclear fusion research, particularly in the US and UK, have raised hopes for a clean energy future. China's substantial investments in fusion technology have positioned it as a ...

Booth is a reporter at TIME. Booth is a reporter at TIME. When Sam Altman arrived at Helion Energy’s small Redmond, Wash., office in early 2014, nuclear-fusion textbooks tucked under his arm, the ...

China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. leadership, China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record ...

German start-up Proxima Fusion on Wednesday announced it had raised 130 million euros ($148 million) in a record funding round. "The single thing maybe that is worth highlighting is the speed at which ...

GREIFSWALD, GERMANY - OCTOBER 29: A worker explains a photo taken about a year and a half ago that shows construction of the interior plasma chamber of the Wendelstein 7-X experimental fusion reactor ...

Fusion energy promises clean power by mimicking stars. Scientists are focusing on the reactor wall's edge, where plasma meets solid material. Controlling plasma density here is key to stability.