The program is driving hard to meet President Trump’s 2028 deadline, officials said, but they have yet to release a formal solicitation, let alone pick a specific vendor and design.

The machine fuses atoms and consumes vastly more energy than it releases, and both of those things are true at once. Aiden McMillan became interested in nuclear fusion at eight years old. He then spent two years reading and running calculations before touching…

The $15.5b startup is quietly hedging on its timeline.

Proxima Fusion said Wednesday it plans to build a €140 million ($162.6 million) factory to produce fusion-grade high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape, which will provide the startup with key component to its reactor design.

Purepoint Uranium Group CEO Chris Frostad joined Steve Darling from Proactive reported encouraging new assay results from its 2026 winter drill program at the Nova Target, part of the 50/50 Dorado Joint Venture with IsoEnergy Ltd., further strengthening the…

Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, clouds, flowers, and lotus leaves, the material uses tiny pores…

Defense company RTX is working with fusion energy startup Xcimer, using technology that harks back to the Cold War era.

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