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General Fusion gets a $65M boost for fusion power plant from investors — including Jeff Bezos

Burnaby, B.C.-based General Fusion says it has closed on a $65 million equity financing round that will spark the launch… Read More

Canadian government invests $38M in General Fusion to boost energy research

The Canadian government says it’s investing $37.5 million (49.3 million Canadian dollars) in General Fusion, a British Columbia company that… Read More

TAE rearranges its leadership and gets ready for next chapter in fusion quest backed by Paul Allen

TAE Technologies, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and other heavy-hitters, is elevating Michl Binderbauer to… Read More

Fusion energy venture branches out into cancer therapy with TAE Life Sciences

TAE Technologies, the California-based fusion energy company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, has spawned a spinoff focusing on a… Read More

MIT and Commonwealth startup add a new twist to the commercial fusion race

A new entrant in the race to commercialize fusion energy, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, aims to capitalize on superconductor technology from… Read More

Commercial fusion ventures learn lessons about engineering and expectations

The promise of natural gas, shale oil, renewable energy and conventional nuclear power all pale in comparison to the promise… Read More

TAE Technologies pushes plasma machine to a new high on the nuclear fusion frontier

TAE Technologies, the California-based fusion company backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, said its latest and greatest plasma generator has… Read More

$20 billion ITER fusion facility reaches halfway point for construction in France

The world’s biggest and most expensive nuclear fusion research project, known as ITER, says it’s halfway done with the construction… Read More

TAE fusion venture wins supercomputer time — and reports progress on test device

TAE Technologies, the venture formerly known as Tri Alpha Energy, says it’s been admitted into a U.S. Department of Energy… Read More

Better, or worse? Google joins Tri Alpha Energy to find better paths to fusion power

Google has teamed up with nuclear fusion startup Tri Alpha Energy to bring artificial intelligence into the world of plasma… Read More

With Paul Allen’s backing, Tri Alpha Energy revs up ‘Norman’ device for fusion research

Tri Alpha Energy, the fusion energy venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, says it has achieved first plasma in… Read More

Wendelstein 7-X fusion ‘pretzel’ fires up its first hydrogen plasma in Germany

Hydrogen plasma was produced for the first time today in Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X fusion device, which has been called the… Read More

EMC2 revives its quest for nuclear fusion

After languishing in limbo for most of the last year, EMC2 Fusion Development Corp. says it’s back in business with… Read More

‘Star Wars’ tech: Latest threat suggests the bad guys have perfected plasma physics

Spoiler Alert! This post doesn’t reveal any major plot twists, but it does explore a significant element of the new movie. Stop… Read More

Hey, coders: Want to do nuclear fusion research? This crowdsource challenge gives you a chance

It’s not clear when fusion power will pay off, but there’s a way to earn a cool $20,000 in… Read More