If it works, this could power everything - CNN Video The sun powers itself through nuclear fusion. CNN's Rachel Crane explores whether we could power everything on Earth the same way.

FUSION POWER COULD HELP BRING LIMITLESS CHEAP ENERGY In a world struggling to kick its addiction to fossil fuels and feed its growing appetite for energy, there's one technology in development that almost sounds too good to be true: nuclear fusion.

Is Fusion Fact or Fantasy? Early fusion reactor experiments ran into a big problem: It took more energy to get fusion started than was produced by the fusion itself.

Fusion energy might finally be a step closer (no, really) Research into fusion has gone down a blind alley, but a means of escape may now be at hand

Can private enterprise do for fusion what governments have not? For six decades, research into fusion power has been ruled by giant national and international projects that have failed to turn a penny of revenue, let alone profit

How a nearly forgotten design might finally make fusion power happen Research into fusion has gone down a blind alley, but a means of escape may now be at hand

Fusion energy might finally be a step closer (no, really) Research into fusion has gone down a blind alley, but a means of escape may now be at hand

Fusion energy might finally be a step closer (no, really) Research into fusion has gone down a blind alley, but a means of escape may now be at hand

You Can Get Cautiously Excited About This Fusion Power "Breakthrough" Ah, fusion power. Holy grail of our energy problems. The savior of life on Earth. Our key to the stars. Focus of the evil plan devised by Doctor Octopus in Spiderman 2. But the only problem is that people have been saying this for many, many years (e Read more ... xcept the Spiderman 2 bit). Fusion power always se…