American Scientists Said to Crack the Holy Grail of Fusion Energy Research

Congressman Don Beyer said harvesting the energy that powers billions of stars across the galaxies — once the realm of science fiction — is now within man’s grasp.

AP/Michael Probst
Chimneys and a tank at the BASF chemical plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany. AP/Michael Probst

American government scientists reportedly have achieved what is being described as the Holy Grail of energy research by successfully producing excess energy in a fusion reaction for the first time.

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