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In a Huge First, Physicists May Have Found a Shortcut to Fusion Energy
The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion : ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen nuclei together into helium nuclei, releasing a huge amount of energy along the way.
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The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion : ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen nuclei together into helium nuclei, releasing a huge amount of energy along the way. If we can get the same reactions happening on Earth, nuclear fusion has the potential to drive a revolution in abundant, carbon-free energy – but replicating a star inside a science lab is proving as challenging as you might expect.
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