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pips to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years ago

US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction

www.theguardian.com

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US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction

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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved the feat using lasers to fuse two atoms
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    Is the assumption that the experiment takes place in a vacuum, including no external energy outside the energy introduced by the laser?

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      Yes. Not taking into account anything except the output of the laser verses the output of the reaction.

    • @preciouspupp@sopuli.xyz
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      A spherical vacuum consisting of free government money.

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