Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion reactors. The new approach doesn’t require toxic mercury, as conventional methods ...

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Merced Senator Anna Caballero wants to fund fusion energy research with $100 million annually from California.

Computers rule the world. We use them in our offices, our factories, and in our smartphones. In research and industry, ...

Many scientists say “subcritical” experiments and computer simulations make nuclear weapons testing unnecessary.

the farthest detection of this atom yet. Finding oxygen is a big deal. Only hydrogen and helium (with a sprinkle of lithium) formed in the Big Bang. All the other heavier elements formed thanks to ...

Upgrades and new research at Argonne National Laboratory are helping physicists push boundaries, from basic science to the ...

This isotope is found at a ratio of about one per 2,500 helium-4 ions, the latter being the common version of helium.

Hydrogen-based technologies are becoming more of a topic as renewable and clean energy sources are desired. A controversial ...

The SEC said Thursday Helium tokens are not securities, reversing what some viewed as the "last gasp of a failed crusade ...

We’ve wondered what powered the Sun for centuries. Early guesses included meteor showers, chemical combustion, and ...