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Giant Plasma Guns Could Be the Answer to Limitless Fusion PowerLos Alamos physicists want to combine two fusion-power techniques and finally harness the energy source that powers the sun.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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A 12-Year-Old Built a Fusion Reactor in His PlayroomA 12-year-old kid from Tennessee created a nuclear reaction in his family's playroom. Here's how he did it.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Has This Startup Cracked the Secret to Fusion Energy?Fusion energy is only 30 years away. Again.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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A Power Company Just Gave MIT $30 Million to Build the World's Strongest ElectromagnetWhat are they going to do with it? Why, solve the energy crisis, of course.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Nuclear Sphere: Weird Globe Could Revolutionize Fusion EnergyA team of physicists argues that its strange, spherical fusion reactor could be the way forward for nuclear energy.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Is the World's First Nuclear Fusion Plant Finally on Track?The world's first nuclear fusion plant has reached a major milestone: Its plasma core is halfway done.
By Charles Q. Choi Published
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The Subatomic Discovery That Physicists Considered Keeping SecretThis subatomic reaction is eight times more powerful than the reaction at the core of hydrogen bombs.
By Rafi Letzter Published
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Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What's the Difference?By Stephanie Pappas Published
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What's the Real Potential of Fusion Energy?By Stewart Prager Published
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