With concrete already being poured, this startup’s molten salt–cooled reactors could be the first to deliver cheaper, safer ...

For years fusion power has been a distant goal Now a small company is taking a new approach built around speed precision and magnetic confinement We look inside Helion’s plan to make fusion practical ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at stealthily building humanoid robots, a way to triple wheat production and ...

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town. I’m ...

Jimmy Kimmel was a recent guest on Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast and revealed that he nearly lost ...

The Trump administration is considering a proposal to divert plutonium that plays a central role in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile to fuel a new generation of power plants, according to an Energy ...

Microreactors offer portable, autonomous nuclear power for towns, campuses, industry, and military bases, with lower upfront costs than traditional plants. Despite their promise, investors remain wary ...

A powerful new AI tool called Diag2Diag is revolutionizing fusion research by filling in missing plasma data with synthetic yet highly detailed information. Developed by Princeton scientists and ...

This screengrab from a TerraPower video illustrates the company's nuclear power plant design. A company cofounded by Bill Gates will explore building a reactor in Kansas. It would generate power ...