Researchers have made significant progress in the pursuit of clean, limitless energy. A team at General Atomics, a facility operated for the US Department of Energy, has achieved a breakthrough in nuclear fusion that brings us closer to commercially viable fusion power. Their findings, published in the journal Nature, represent an important step forward in this endeavor. Tackling the Core Challenges of Nuclear Fusion Nuclear fusion, the same process that powers stars, holds great promise as a clean, sustainable energy source for the future. Achieving fusion on Earth, however, requires overcomi…