Hacker News with Generative AI: Fusion Energy

University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy (news.utexas.edu)
AUSTIN, Texas —  Abundant, low-cost, clean energy — the envisioned result if scientists and engineers can successfully produce a reliable method of generating and sustaining fusion energy — took one step closer to reality, as a team of researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Type One Energy Group solved a longstanding problem in the field.
Fusion Energy, Science, Research, Energy
287 points by signa11 11 days ago | 206 comments
Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured against the Lawson criteria (fusionenergybase.com)
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Fusion Energy, Science, Physics
232 points by sam 15 days ago | 142 comments
ITER completes largest and most powerful pulsed magnet system (phys.org)
In a landmark achievement for fusion energy, ITER has completed all components for the world's largest, most powerful pulsed superconducting electromagnet system.
Fusion Energy, Physics, Engineering, Superconductors
7 points by rntn 18 days ago | 0 comments
Fusion Reactor Called 'Norm' Could Outperform Everything We've Built So Far (gizmodo.com)
A California-based fusion company thinks it’s cracked one of energy’s toughest problems: how to make fusion efficient, powerful, and not absurdly expensive.
Fusion Energy, Science, Energy, Technology, Innovation
6 points by LAsteNERD 22 days ago | 1 comments
Is China Pulling Ahead in the Quest for Fusion Energy? (ieee.org)
In the rocky terrain of China’s Sichuan province, a massive X-shaped building is quickly rising, its crisscrossed arms stretching outward in a bold, futuristic design.
Fusion Energy, China, Science, Energy
12 points by pseudolus 24 days ago | 17 comments
U.S. Finds China Building Giant Fusion Laser During Aerial Survey (wecb.fm)
In a development that has raised eyebrows worldwide, recent satellite images have revealed that China is constructing a massive fusion laser complex that could potentially surpass America’s National Ignition Facility (NIF). This new infrastructure, located in Mianyang, China, has sparked concerns about its dual-purpose potential—could it be aimed at providing clean energy, or does it also signal advancements in nuclear weapons technology? The U.S. is closely monitoring this project, which could have far-reaching implications for both energy and national security.
China, Fusion Energy, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, International Relations
6 points by bentobean 60 days ago | 0 comments
General Fusions Achieves First Plasma (generalfusion.com)
RICHMOND, British Columbia (March 11, 2025): General Fusion’s Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) demonstration, Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), has successfully formed a magnetized plasma in the machine’s target chamber—a significant achievement in the operation of this world-first machine.
Fusion Energy, Science, Technology, Canada
8 points by tvier 72 days ago | 1 comments
France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes (newatlas.com)
France has upped the ante in the quest for fusion power by maintaining a plasma reaction for over 22 minutes – a new record.
France, Fusion Energy, Energy, Science, Records
10 points by brohee 93 days ago | 1 comments
China's artificial sun burns for 1000 secs, creates record in fusion research (hindustantimes.com)
China’s artificial sun, known as the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), burned for over 1000 seconds, creating a new record for the scientist working on the project.
China, Fusion Energy, Science, Research
14 points by signa11 115 days ago | 0 comments
China claims major fusion advance and record after 17-minute Tokamak run (theregister.com)
China’s Hefei Institutes of Physical Science has claimed a new world record for maintaining a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation, a feat needed to create a fusion reactor that in theory will produce vast amounts of energy at little cost.
China, Fusion Energy, Physics, Science, Energy
12 points by alex_duf 121 days ago | 1 comments
Fusion power is getting closer (economist.com)
Two developments in the coming year will mark a decisive shift from the public to the private sector in the decades-old quest to generate cheap and abundant power from nuclear fusion.
Fusion Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy, Private Sector, Public Sector
36 points by doener 181 days ago | 109 comments
AI for real-time fusion plasma behavior prediction and manipulation (control.princeton.edu)
A non-linear complex system governed by multi-spatial and multi-temporal physics scales cannot be fully understood with a single diagnostic, because each diagnostic provides only a partial view and much information is lost while extracting physical quantities from its raw measurements.
Artificial Intelligence, Plasma Physics, Fusion Energy, Scientific Research
274 points by agomez314 197 days ago | 155 comments
New, unique fusion reactor comes together due to global research collaboration (phys.org)
Like atoms coming together to release their power, fusion researchers worldwide are joining forces to solve the world's energy crisis.
Fusion Energy, Research Collaboration, Science, Energy
16 points by pseudolus 234 days ago | 17 comments
ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 (arstechnica.com)
ITER, Fusion Energy, Science, Delays
9 points by thunderbong 322 days ago | 4 comments
ITER fusion energy project marks completion of its most complex magnet system (phys.org)
ITER, Fusion Energy, Physics, Engineering
49 points by peutetre 326 days ago | 0 comments
HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting Tokamak achieves first plasma (energysingularity.cn)
Fusion Energy, Superconductivity, Plasma Physics
233 points by zer0tonin 335 days ago | 261 comments
TORAX is a differentiable tokamak core transport simulator (github.com/google-deepmind)
Physics, Simulation, Machine Learning, Fusion Energy, Software
105 points by yeldarb 387 days ago | 21 comments
Zap Energy achieves 37M-degree temperatures in a compact fusion device (zapenergy.com)
Fusion Energy, Science, Technology, Energy, Engineering
12 points by songeater 394 days ago | 9 comments