In this video, I explore the challenges of nuclear fusion while visiting the JET tokamak fusion reactor at the Culham Science ...
Engineers in the United Kingdom are racing to build metal shields that can survive conditions similar to the center of the Sun, a prerequisite if fusion power is ever going to move from experiment to ...
Researchers working on China’s ‘artificial sun’ have reported breaking a long-accepted threshold that has limited the operation of nuclear fusion reactors for decades. China’s Experimental Advanced ...
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China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion milestone and potentially bringing humanity closer to wielding near-limitless clean ...
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National Geographic Explorer Paolo Verzone provides a rare peek inside a stellarator, an experiment that aims to give the world near-limitless clean energy. When in operation, this space inside the ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
A Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor dubbed “Cowboy Chernobyl” by critics is barreling toward approval in rural Wyoming, alarming residents and nuclear safety experts as regulators fast-track the ...
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