The concept of fusion energy promises near-limitless energy with sparse emissions and negligible carbon footprint — and has remained just beyond today's technology, 10 years ahead for the nearly 70 years since scientists first cracked the power of the atom and nuclear energy. But several companies — including TAE, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, General Fusion,around the world are closing in on bringing the erstwhile sci-fi technology into the infrastructural backbone of real-world commerce.
"This is an incredibly rewarding milestone and an apt tribute to the vision of my late mentor, Norman Rostoker. Norman and I wrote a paper in the 1990s theorizing that a certain plasma dominated by highly energetic particles should become increasingly better confined and stable as temperatures increase," said CEO TAE Michl Binderbauer, in the press release."We have now been able to demonstrate this plasma behavior with overwhelming evidence.
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Balance with gravity or a mini black hole and voilà.