The flexible nylon-film device generates electricity from compression and keeps working even after being run over by a car multiple times.

The technology promises to replace several parts of the grid with one device that’s both controllable and updatable.

Scientists have long seen a puzzling pattern in tokamaks, the doughnut-shaped machines that could one day reliably generate electricity from fusing atoms. When plasma particles escape the core of the ...

A successful fusion reactor would be game-changing, providing near-limitless energy. Experts think that OpenMC can help ...

Helion's Polaris device hit 150 million degrees C recently, a milestone that nudges the company toward its commercial power ...

We describe electricity as a flow, but that’s not what happens in a typical wire. Physicists have begun to induce electrons to act like fluids, an effort that could illuminate new ways of thinking ...

Carolyn Krause traveled to many of the future nuclear energy company sites in Oak Ridge last fall. She takes a look at Centrus Energy and Tyone One Energy ...

Getting a little bit of extra juice into your phone before you leave your house in the morning could make the difference between the device still having power at the end of the day or not. But there ...

Learn about the DURABLE project for nuclear fusion PFCs, targeting improved performance and cost-efficiency through advanced manufacturing.

General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.” ...

A person wrapped in a blanket shivers in an apartment near a heater - Studio Romantic/Shutterstock Winter weather is scary enough outdoors, but if your heater starts acting up and indoor temperatures ...

The company shared results from a new set of experiments with TechCrunch, suggesting that it could eliminate one of the most expensive and complex components of ...