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Nuclear Fusion In Four Years? Amazon's Jeff Bezos Is Betting On It

BY Ariel Schwartz | 05-06-2011 | 2:04 PM | ETHONOMICS

Talking about fusion may make you sound a little crazy, but a new company claims it we'll be enjoying clean, safe nuclear power soon.READ MORE›

Researchers Move Closer to Nuclear Fusion

BY Ariel Schwartz | 01-28-2010 | 1:27 PM | ETHONOMICS

Will we ever be able to produce nuclear fusion? It is, according to some, the ultimate form of clean energy---carbon-neutral with minimally radioactive waste. And there's certainly no lack of companies trying. But researchers at the ...READ MORE›

How to Build a Nuclear Fusion Device on the Cheap

BY Ariel Schwartz | 07-31-2009 | 2:35 PM | ETHONOMICS

Europe's ITER project is blowing $14 billion on the creation of a nuclear fusion power plant, but the bloated project might be outrun by General Fusion, a Vancouver, Canada startup that claims it can build a prototype plant in under a ...READ MORE›

Is DARPA Working on a Handheld Nuclear Fusion Device?

BY Ariel Schwartz | 07-06-2009 | 5:07 PM | ETHONOMICS

The Pentagon's DARPA arm is known for its attempts to reduce devices to microchip size. Projects have included multi-purpose sensors, cryogenic coolers, video cameras, and apparently, "Chip-Scale High Energy Atomic ...READ MORE›

Helion Energy Asks, Can We Get $20 Million For a Full-Scale Nuclear Fusion Engine?

BY Ariel Schwartz | 04-24-2009 | 3:10 PM | ETHONOMICS

Nuclear fusion has long been the holy grail of energy--massive amounts of carbon-neutral energy combined with waste that is radioactive for a relatively short 50-to-70 years. In comparison, nuclear fission produces waste that ...READ MORE›