Physicists in the U.S. have overcome two major hurdles in fusion power generation. Their discovery increases the stability of fusion reactions and brings us one step closer to making commercial fusion energy a reality.Nuclear fusion is a process that creates energy in the same way as our sun does. It involves the smashing together of two atoms with such force that they combine into a single, larger atom, releasing huge amounts of energy along the way.
However, on Earth it is nearly impossible to replicate this, so the plasma has to be heated even more, to temperatures roughly six times hotter than the center of the sun.In recent years, we have seen some incredible breakthroughs in fusion energy, including getting more energy out of the reaction than we put in. But we are still a long way off from a commercial fusion power source.
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