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Two people working on a prototype fusion reactor

Photo of woman with dark hair and skin in a navy blue blouse smiling at the camera while standing in front of a large piece of electrical hardware

Meet the team

Engineering high-frequency fusion

November 20, 2023

Purple light glows through a window looking into a stainless steel chamber

Behind the science

Here’s what happens inside a Zap fusion core

August 21, 2023

A scientist named Iman Datta stands before a Zap Energy fusion device.

Meet the team

Modeling the way

June 12, 2023

A graphic showing a bar chart of triple product measurements (density, temperature and time) sits to the left of a conceptual Zap Energy fusion device.

Behind the science

Hot enough, dense enough, for long enough: Fusion's triple product

May 30, 2023

Zap Energy's fusion device generates a ring of purple-colored plasma that expands as it moves from the top of the computer-generated picture to the bottom.

Behind the science

A ‘moving stream’: Zap Energy’s novel approach to stabilizing fusion

May 8, 2023

A scientist to the right of a Zap Energy fusion device adjusts measuring devices known as scintillators that measure neutrons.

Meet the team

Tracking neutrons

April 26, 2023

Bright colored wisps of blue and pink showcase a world at the atomic level, at the center of which are circles representing nuclei that are fusing.

Behind the science

The Z-pinch approach to fusion

March 22, 2023

An engineer holds an ingot of solidified liquid bismuth in his hands, before a backdrop of equipment designed to convey electrified liquid metals.

Meet the team

The metallurgist developing Zap's molten metal walls

March 22, 2023

A graphic illustration shows a brownish-red rod being compressed to reveal fissures within it, with circular blue lines surrounding the rod as a way to show the inwardly-pinching electromagnetism.

Behind the science

A history of the Z pinch: Magnetic compression without magnets

March 22, 2023