IEEE
For decades, nuclear fusion—the reaction that powers the sun—has been the ultimate energy dream. If harnessed on Earth, it could provide endless, carbon-free power. But the challenge is huge. Fusion requires temperatures hotter than the sun’s core and a mastery of plasma—the superheated gas in which atoms that have been stripped of their electrons collide…
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Tom Clynes
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For decades, nuclear fusion—the reaction that powers the sun—has been the ultimate energy dream. If harnessed on Earth, it could provide endless, carbon-free power. But the challenge is huge. Fusion requires temperatures hotter than the sun’s core and a mastery of plasma—the superheated gas in which atoms that have been stripped of their electrons collide…
