Clean energy, a launch and more research funding

The days around October 1, 2026 demonstrate how broad scientific progress can be: from a breakthrough in energy generation to a crew on its way to the space station and more funding for European research. Three stories, three very different scales, but all focused on what knowledge and collaboration can deliver. In China, nuclear fusion has been achieved for the first time using hydrogen-boron as fuel, a cleaner and more abundantly available option than the conventional mix of deuterium and tritium [1]. The state-backed ENN Group generated plasma using lasers and radio waves in a spherical reactor, where hydrogen and...