A Step Closer To Nuclear Fusion Energy

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">After decades of attempts, scientists have finally created a nuclear fusion reaction in a lab. On today’s show, what this breakthrough means for the future of energy.</span>

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It’s nearly a century since it was discovered that the sun and other stars are powered by nuclear fusion. It’s when hydrogen atoms merge to form helium, and release huge amounts of energy. Since then, scientists have dreamed of reproducing the process here on Earth, with one Nobe ...  Show more

On today’s episode: Some tiny robot news! We’re sending LISA to space, and she’s gonna detect black hole collisions for us! Will nuclear fusion power our future? All that and more today on All Around Science...

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La semaine dernière, nous vous proposions un petit état des lieux de la fusion nucléaire. Où en est cette technologie, quelle est son principe, à quelle barrière se heurte-t-elle ? Bon timing au final puisque la semaine dernière, des chercheurs du MIT aux Etats-Unis ont tout s ...