This achievement sets the stage for higher-energy tests, bringing the company closer to scalable, net-energy fusion power. Credit: SciTechDaily.com For decades, fusion researchers struggled with ...

As it happens, Altman and Son are backing a startup that says it can provide it. It’s a fusion energy company called Helion that recently raised $425 million in a funding round backed by SoftBank.

This is a huge nuclear fusion research facility ... It was a big step forward in the decades-long quest to recreate on Earth the reaction which powers the sun and other stars.

In the production of lithium batteries for electric vehicles. Photo: STR / AFP 2023 Ukraine has lost the lion's share of rare earth metals, most of these deposits are no longer located in the ...

Massachusetts-based mining and metal production company Phoenix Tailings ... which the company plans to eventually harvest for rare earth elements. But at least until 2027, all the material ...

Fusion energy startup Helion has yet to prove it can generate electricity, but that hasn't stopped investors from dumping another $425 million into the venture. This latest round included more cash ...

Tan Sui would like to acknowledge funding from the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering under the Industrial Fellowships programme. The pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean, sustainable energy source ...

An asteroid up to 100 metres wide has a 1-in-83 chance of impacting Earth on 22 December 2032. That risk of impact is enough to have triggered global planetary defence response procedures for the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While there's been no confirmation of a Metal Gear Solid 6 on the horizon, it seems unlikely that Japanese entertainment giant Konami would abandon one of its most beloved properties so easily.