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Fusion Is Leaving the Physics Lab and Entering the Engineering Era

Aug 5, 2026

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5 min read

Fusion Is Leaving the Physics Lab and Entering the Engineering Era

In 2025 two reactors held a piece of a star in place for over 20 minutes and produced no usable power. That paradox, not another unlimited-energy promise, is where fusion actually stands.

Star Catcher

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Forget Rooftop Panels: The Race to Beam Power Down From Orbit

Jul 6, 2026

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4 min read

Forget Rooftop Panels: The Race to Beam Power Down From Orbit

A washing-machine-sized satellite is chasing a fifty-year-old dream: catch sunlight in space and land it on Earth as an invisible beam. It is tiny, the first results are only trickling in, but a door just opened.

Alliant Energy

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A battery that runs on CO2 - But is it efficient ?

Jul 1, 2026

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4 min read

A battery that runs on CO2 - But is it efficient ?

Storing a full day of clean power is the missing piece of a wind-and-solar grid — and lithium gets expensive past a few hours. Energy Dome's answer skips lithium entirely: it banks power by squeezing carbon dioxide into a liquid. Now a US utility and Google are putting money behind it.