Department of Energy Fusion Discovery Could Allow Physicists to Tame Volatile Plasmas

The Debrief ^ | APRIL 16, 2024 | MICAH HANKS

[Red Badger]

Con-Fusion Ping!.........................

[sauropod]

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[SuperLuminal]

Must be funding-search time at my alma mater...

[ClearCase_guy]

A big advance like this probably makes fusion attainable in 25 years or so ...

[bigbob]

Jeffries Tube

[Red Badger]

He’s got a hand on it.....................

[Sequoyah101]

So, all they have is another new idea to try out? That's all they have?

The Department of Energy, searching for relevance since 1977 and not finding any. This is one of the cabinet level departments that would be high on the list for my chopping block.

[plain talk]

Another baby step forward.

[Magnum44]

[The Great RJ]

Perhaps at some point fusion energy will be practical, but for decades I have been reading the same headlines about another breakthrough that certainly will imminently usher in fusion power. Despite years of these “breakthroughs” fusion power remains elusive. Pardon my skepticism about this newest breakthrough.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. Hu's working on this?

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[Red Badger]

I don’t know.........Third Base!......................

[Red Badger]

I don’t know.........Third Base!......................

[takebackaustin]

“ In simple terms, fusion produces energy by replicating the natural processes occurring on the surface of the Sun. ”

Ha! Only in the sense that attempts so far aren’t hot enough at a high enough pressure to sustain fusion. The sun’s energy release occurs in the core, not the surface.

The pop science blogs are moronic.

[TangoLimaSierra]

A big advance like this probably makes fusion attainable in 25 years or so ...

Oh, man. I can hardly wait.........again.

[PIF]

its probably due to not understanding or misunderstanding the process of fusion in stars.