An 'artificial sun' achieved a record-breaking fusion experiment, bringing us closer to clean, limitless energy

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A fisheye view of the WEST tokamak, a rounded metal device
WEST's interior, which just broke a fusion record for a tungsten tokamak.

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Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid

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A large amount of machinery in a warehouse including some behind a chain-link fence
The Z-pinch machine, FuZE, at Zap Energy could someday produce fusion reactions.

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US scientists have launched a new nuclear era they call the 'age of ignition' but it's still a distant dream from the age of nuclear power

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Two people in white coverall suits look at the machinery at the National Ignition Facility Target Area.
Operators inspect the National Ignition Facility target chamber where the fusion ignition experiments take place.

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The largest fusion reactor in the world fired up in Japan. Here's how the $600 million device compares to the US's revolutionary fusion machine.

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A large circular metal device, JT-60SA, surrounded by other metal machinery
JT-60SA is a tokamak in Japan, currently the largest fusion reactor in the world.

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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market

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The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U), a large circular device surrounded by a platform and steps leading to it
The National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade (NSTX-U) at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.

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I'm the CEO of a nuclear-fusion company, but starting out was tricky because I got famous on a reality-TV show about rich kids

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Side by side images show Richard Dinan, a caucasian blonde man with shoulder length hair, appearing at a press event in 2012 on the left, and him fixing a component of a rocket engine on the right.
Richard Dinan, CEO of Pulsar Fusion, shown left at a press event around the time he appeared in "Made in Chelsea" on the left, and shown next to a component of a rocket engine on the right.

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US scientists trying to harness the power of the sun have made a 2nd major breakthrough for the future of sustainable, green energy

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Two people in white coverall suits look at the machinery at the National Ignition Facility Target Area.
Operators inspect the National Ignition Facility target chamber where the fusion ignition experiments take place.

Jason Laurea/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Microsoft bets that a fusion power plant from Helion Energy will be operating this decade

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A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris is a prototype fusion reactor from Helion Energy. The startup announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

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Microsoft says commercial use of fusion-produced energy will be available within 5 years as part of new deal with Sam Altman-backed Helion

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A side view of the Polaris prototype fusion reactor from Helion
Polaris, a prototype fusion reactor from Helion, which recently announced a deal with Microsoft to provide the tech giant with electricity produced from fusion.

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