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German scientists make big stride towards fusion
TheLocal.de ^ | 11 Dec 2015 12:15 GMT+01:00 | (AFP)

Posted on 12/11/2015 8:39:05 PM PST by Olog-hai

Scientists in Germany said Thursday they had reached a milestone in a quest to derive energy from nuclear fusion, billed as a potentially limitless, safe and cheap source. [...]

After spending a billion euros and nine years' construction work, physicists working on a German project called the "stellarator" said they had briefly generated a superheated helium plasma inside a vessel -- a key point in the experimental process. [...]

The German experiment, using a machine called Wendelstein 7-X, was aimed at seeing whether it was possible to heat helium atoms with a microwave laser and to briefly contain the plasma within the vessel.

The first plasma in the 16-meter-wide (52-foot-wide) machine, from one milligram of helium gas heated by a 1.8-megawatt laser pulse, lasted one-tenth of a second and reached a temperature of around one million (degrees) Celsius, the Institute said in a press release. ...

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TOPICS: Local News; Science
KEYWORDS: fusion; germany; notheyhavent; nuclearfusion; stellarator; stringtheory; wendelstein7x
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To: Kickass Conservative
"Flying car ..."

I*m still waiting for those x-ray glasses.

21 posted on 12/12/2015 3:14:25 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hunga Tonga-Hunga.)
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To: sparklite2

Indeed.


22 posted on 12/12/2015 6:53:02 AM PST by stevem
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To: Olog-hai

I’m so glad that the Islamist party that controls Germany in 30 years will have complete control of all this shit.


23 posted on 12/12/2015 10:49:26 AM PST by Helvan
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To: IAMNO1

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24 posted on 12/12/2015 9:23:27 PM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: Crucial

“And as far as alcohol, well I know it’s bad for me but a knip of good bourbon on the rocks has always helped me slow down which might be more beneficial than avoiding it altogether.”

Thanks for the good info. Actually, the NIH has said that alcohol is good when taken in moderation, for males and concerning heart-related maladies. At least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!


25 posted on 12/13/2015 8:00:19 PM PST by IAMNO1 (Enough with the divisions. Lets get somebody in there who'll fix this mess.)
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