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Mayonnaise may, according to a new study, help scientists figure out how to realistically harness the power of nuclear fusion.

Nuclear Sandwich

Could the secret to practical fusion power lie in this delicious condiment?

Scientists Say Secret to Fusion May Lie in Hellmann's Mayonnaise

Microsoft just made a massive bet on nuclear fusion energy — and that bet has OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's name written all over it.

Golden Boy

That's ambitious.

Microsoft Signs Deal to Get Fusion Power by 2028

Experts argue in a number of letters published by The Guardian that the recent fusion power breakthrough is too little too late.

Fusion vs Fiction

"A true fusion power station is unlikely to be running before my grandchildren turn 70."

Gloomy Physicists Say Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Is Too Late to Save Us

China claims it will build the world's biggest nuclear fusion reactors within the next six years, a highly ambitious timeline.

Fusion Force

We have our doubts.

China Announces Plan for Hybrid Fission-Fusion Power Facility

Nuclear fusion power, which is clean and basically limitless, could be just around the corner. Advancements made in recent weeks may actually tip the scale.

Promises, Promises

It's so close we can almost taste it.

Experts Say Fusion Power Is Finally Starting to Look Imminent

The rocket is partially powered by plastics used in a wide variety of plastic products like laundry detergent bottles, beverage bottles and other consumer products, making it a readily available source for fuel.

Plastic Power

Plastic-powered space transport is here.

Startup Tests Rocket Powered by Recycled Plastic

Chinese scientists are studying lunar rock samples to assess whether or not they're a good fuel source for nuclear fusion.

Radiated Rocks

It could be the key to unlocking fusion energy. 

China Analyzing Moon Rocks as Potential Fusion Power Source

An experimental form of male birth control involves using magnets to heat up nanoparticles inside the testes to prevent sperm formation.

Magnets, How Do They Work?

Here’s what it looks like (so far). 

Scientists Debut Magnet Powerful Enough to Lift an Aircraft Carrier

MIT engineers managed to create an intensely powerful magnetic field in a very compact space, which they say is a huge step toward nuclear fusion energy.

Magneto Wept

"It's really a watershed moment, I believe, in fusion science and technology."

MIT Announces "Major Advance" in Fusion Power

China broke a record with its "artificial Sun" fusion reactor on Friday when it sustained a plasma temperature of 120 million degrees Celsius for 101 second

It’s Getting Hot In Here

The reactor got more than 10 times hotter than the core of the Sun.  

China's "Artificial Sun" Fusion Reactor Just Set a World Record

New simulations show that a compact fusion reactor with compressed plasma would actually produce more electricity than it takes in.

It's Something!

Now scientists just need to make it a reality.

Simulation Shows This Fusion Reactor Doing Something Amazing

For the first time, scienists were able to directly observe that our sun does the same kind of nuclear fusion expected from much heavier stars.

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