Tag: Fusion
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Fusion’s Grand Ambition Now Rests on ‘Extreme Plumbing’
Fusion energy has long been the technology of the perpetual future, famously always “50 years away.” That timeline hasn’t stopped billions of dollars from flooding into the sector recently, fueled partly by the insatiable energy demands of artificial intelligence. According to Matt O’Dowd, host of PBS Space Time, the skepticism might finally be misplaced. The…
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Nuclear Fusion: Inside the Race for Limitless Clean Energy
It is a vision of the future that has tantalized scientists for decades: a world fueled by limitless, clean energy, free from the shackles of fossil fuels and the dangers of radioactive waste. According to a new report by TIME, the realization of nuclear fusion—the same process that powers the sun—may be rapidly approaching, though…