For fusion startups, the hard part is over: Thanks to a groundbreaking experiment in 2022, we know that controlled nuclear fusion reactions can generate more power than they consume. But now companies ...

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Alien: Romulus is the latest entry in 20th Century's 45-year-old sci-fi/horror series. Romulus, set between the first two Alien movies, comes from writer-director Fede Alvarez, who previously wrote ...

The US National Ignition Facility is the only laboratory where a nuclear-fusion reaction has generated more energy than it consumed. Here’s how it achieved this historic milestone and sparked fresh ...