“ Physicists are on the verge of demonstrating perhaps the ultimate application of the laser: creating nuclear fusion in the lab.
Later today the US Department of Energy will give official clearance for experiments to begin at the the $4bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) “
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I’ll be watching/listening to the news in May and beyond to see how it goes.
Hey – I live right near this! Very cool!