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Researchers Identify Weak Points in Diamond Fusion Fuel Capsules
August 20, 2025

Scientists have uncovered how diamond — the material used to encase fuel for fusion exper...

General Atomics-sponsored senior project advances fusion target autoloader systems
July 30, 2025

A team of undergraduate mechanical engineering students at UC San Diego developed a prototype of a f...

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UC San Diego Engineering Dean Emeritus Receives NSF Honor
July 9, 2025

Robert “Bob” Conn, dean emeritus of the University of California San Diego Jacobs School...

Maximizing pressure in laser-driven shock experiments
May 19, 2025

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of Califor...

Fusion Energy Needs Continued U.S. Leadership to Secure Our Energy Future
April 15, 2025

Tammy Ma, lead of the Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative at Lawrence Livermore National Laborato...

Fusion Data Science Center Featured in San Diego Business Journal
April 14, 2025

Scientists and engineers at General Atomics (GA) and the University of California San Dieg...

 

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