Nuclear fusion faces serious scientific and engineering challenges that are often glossed over in popular science videos. In this reaction, a nuclear engineer breaks down what The Action Lab gets ...

Trump Media and Technology Group is set to combine with fusion developer TAE Technologies in an all-stock deal that values the new entity at about 6 billion dollars, a move that fuses a politically ...

There’s a relatively new word doing the rounds in sustainability research and policy: defossilization. Beyond expert circles, it isn’t necessarily obvious that phasing out fossil fuels does not mean ...

Green chemistry involves the development of chemical products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous and unwanted substances. Eutectic aqueous–organic electrolytes enable ...

Where next? Quantum metrology, fusion and medical physics are three hot topics to be featured on Physics World Live this year. (Courtesy: iStock/shutter_m) I used to set myself the challenge every ...

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is one of four centers within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Through research, convening, and information exchange, TRB helps ...

Queen’s gambit: New research find that the standard game of chess can give an advantage to white – regardless of where the back pieces are placed (courtesy: istock/gedzun) Chess is a seemingly simple ...