[bigbob]

It's way too early to know what this discovery means, but I thought it was worth passing along as proof that there's still plenty of new things under the sun. And good old-fashioned American Exceptionalism and free enterprise will be the best way to commercialize new technologies, without help or interference from government "czars".

[Gaffer]

Ah!!!! Star Trek’s ‘plasma conduits’.......

[darkwing104]

Also, the present versions of the system have low efficiency, because a great deal of power is being given off as heat and light. The team plans to work on improving that efficiency.

That is the key...