Marathon Fusion, a startup based in California, has put forward a bold idea: using nuclear fusion reactors to make gold from mercury. The concept is based on transmutation, the process of turning one ...
For decades, nuclear fusion has been viewed as the ultimate energy source—clean, powerful, and practically limitless. Most ...
A new multi-million dollar research effort aims to solve a central challenge for the next wave of nuclear energy: the efficient and safe management of extreme operational heat. NANO Nuclear, a company ...
The team's custom-built "Thunderbird Reactor" uses a compact particle accelerator with a plasma thruster and an ...