Students explore nuclear facilities in virtual reality and learn about the ethical dimensions of nuclear technology in a University of Michigan course.

The technology could help produce more resistant materials and allow scientists more control over fusion reactions.

Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome engineering challenges to scale up fusion energy.

Three Conversation science editors look ahead to what to expect in 2025 on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Fusion reactors get hot − scientists need materials that can take the heat without deforming and deteriorating.

Nuclear fusion can’t produce net energy, so is it really a solution to AI’s growing energy demands?

Some processes that support fusion energy fuel climate change and may harm the environment.

Researchers have experimentally demonstrated dynamic shell formation for the first time. It may help achieve the goal of a fusion power plant.

A US national lab has proved we can the fusion process can be used to produce energy, but it’s just the first step in a very long process.

Huge challenges remain before working fusion reactors are possible.