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interior of fusion experiment at MIT

Ferreting out the truth about fusion: Interview with Bob Rosner

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

roulette wheel

“Fusion is not a typical bet”: Interview with Silicon Valley investor Mark Coopersmith

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

E-fuels are better for the climate than fossil fuels, so why haven’t they taken off yet?

By Chad Small | Climate Change

wind farm

Gone with the winds? What happens if there is a ‘global terrestrial stilling’

By Jim Robbins | Climate Change

artist's illustration of a fusion power plant

National Academies calls for a fusion pilot plant

By Robert J. Goldston | Climate Change, Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy

steel mill furnaces at work

How steelmaking may go carbon-free—by dropping its addiction to coal

By Maria Gallucci | Climate Change

ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor—book review by plasma physicist who heads Large Hadron Collider

By Lucio Rossi | Climate Change, Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy

Man with face mask against hazy cityscape

Virus aftermath: Optimism or pessimism about its effect on climate change?

By Fred Pearce | Climate Change, Special Topics

Small country, big challenge: Switzerland’s upcoming transition to sustainable energy

By D. A. Notter | Nuclear Energy

Ozzie Zehner: Alternatives to alternative energy

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