In Gov. Tony Evers’ State of the State address, he announced a nuclear study led by University of Wisconsin–Madison professors and a fusion grant.

The visit follows a partnership announcement between the Public Service Commission and UW’s Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics to study nuclear energy opportunities in the state.

The State of Wisconsin is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars to help develop the infrastructure for fusion energy and technology, as the state’s now named the Wisconsin Fusion Energy Coalition as one…

Gov. Tony Evers, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) announced today that a $778,000 Ignite Wisconsin grant to the Wisconsin Fusion Energy Coalition will help establish Wisconsin as a…

During his State of the State address on February 17, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced the launch of a new nuclear siting study that will be undertaken by a partnership between the…

The state Public Service Commission is partnering with the University of Wisconsin–Madison to identify potential sites for nuclear power plants in Wisconsin.

Ignite Wisconsin’s grant of nearly $800K to the Wisconsin Fusion Energy Coalition will help push Wisconsin as a national hub for fusion energy.

Bipartisan legislation signed into law by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers established the study to help meet Wisconsin’s growing need for carbon-free electricity.

Gov. Tony Evers announced a partnership between the Wisconsin PSC and UW–Madison to undertake a study exploring nuclear energy opportunities in Wisconsin.

A newly awarded $778,000 grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. supports the creation of the Wisconsin Fusion Energy Consortium.

As energy-hungry data centers pop up all across Wisconsin and the nation, fusion startups, including one in partnership with UW–Madison, are working to bring a new energy source to market to meet…

Progress toward unleashing clean power from nuclear fusion was recently reported by Chinese scientists, who broke through a theoretical ceiling on how many atoms can “fuse” inside a superconducting reactor and efficiently…

Recent breakthroughs at U.S. fusion labs, along with new public-private partnerships, are bringing us closer than ever to realizing fusion energy’s limitless potential.

Fusion research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is bridging industry knowledge gaps to make limitless clean energy a reality. 

For decades, fusion energy was often seen as a concept from science fiction—a promise that seemed forever on the horizon. Today, that promise is finally within reach.

The world is closer than ever to limitless clean energy thanks to recent advancements in nuclear fusion — and Wisconsin companies Realta Fusion and SHINE Technologies are at the forefront, positioning the state and region…

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is leading a major multi-institution project to develop and test a critical fusion technology—research that will directly benefit commercial fusion power plant developers.

In conjunction with the University of Wisconsin–Madison, scientists at startup Realta Fusion published two papers outlining the viability of the magnetic mirror design for nuclear fusion devices, making it competitive with more…

On July 2, 2025, Wisconsin passed legislation calling for a nuclear power siting study to identify opportunities for fission and fusion energy generation in the state.

New research by Realta Fusion’s computational physics team predicts high energy gain and paves the way to solving plasma instabilities long associated with magnetic mirrors.

On July 2, 2025, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed two bills that can help advance the state’s nuclear energy landscape and in the process, tap the depth and breadth of nuclear expertise at UW–Madison.

University of Wisconsin–Madison spinoff company Type One Energy has published a comprehensive and robust physics basis for a practical fusion pilot power plant.

New group Great Lakes Fusion Energy Alliance aims to tap experts in the Midwest and beyond to capture the momentum of fusion energy and accelerate development and commercialization of this rapidly advancing…

The Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics has introduced a Fusion Plasma focus area within the Nuclear Engineering B.S. program.

The UW–Madison Office of the Chancellor and the Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association have recognized Greg Piefer as a recipient of the 2025 Chancellor’s Entrepreneurial Achievement Award.

UW–Madison assistant professor Adelle Wright published An Introduction to Stellarators, which provides the first modern introduction to stellarator theory. 

TitletownTech, a venture capital firm formed out of a partnership between Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers, has invested in Realta Fusion.

Together, scientists at Realta Fusion, Type One Energy and SHINE make Wisconsin an unusual hub for private fusion research on the international stage.

A fusion device at the University of Wisconsin–Madison generated plasma for the first time Monday, opening a door to making the highly anticipated, carbon-free energy source a reality.

Using numerical simulations, UW–Madison engineers have uncovered ways to reduce turbulence in the Helically Symmetric eXperiment, or HSX, by modifying the three-dimensional magnetic field geometry.

Steffi Diem, a University of Wisconsin–Madison assistant professor of nuclear engineering and engineering physics, has been selected to serve as a U.S. Science Envoy for the Department of State in 2024.

After years of work that involved assembling about tens of thousands of components, construction of the new Pegasus-III fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is finished, and researchers have begun experiments…