Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is challenging – now researchers have found a way to do this without using toxic mercury ...

Scientists have devised an innovative approach to isolate lithium-6 from commonly available lithium-7 isotopes without using ...

When two deuterium nuclei are fused together, they form a helium nucleus (two protons and two neutrons) that weighs less than two deuterium nuclei. As in uranium fission the weight loss turns into ...

such as proton-boron or deuterium-helium-3 reactions. "Fusion energy research is currently experiencing a significant surge ...

The Sunbird concept is for the fusion-powered ‘tugs’ to be permanently based in space, able to dock with spacecraft and ...

Fusion & Fuel Efficiency Nuclear Fusion is potentially the ultimate green energy source, producing no dangerous byproducts, radioactivity (the only “waste” is helium), or greenhouse gases. And it ...

To develop a practical fusion power system, scientists need to fully understand how the plasma fuel interacts with its surroundings. The plasma is superheated, which means some of the atoms ...

Inside the reactor, deuterium and tritium nuclei collide and fuse, releasing helium and neutrons. (Image: IAEA/M. Barbarino) While the sun’s massive gravitational force naturally induces fusion, ...