World-record fusion experiment produced even more energy than expected • TechCrunch
It’s official: A U.S. Department of Energy lab produced a controlled nuclear fusion reaction that released more energy than it consumed. On December 5, just after 1:03 a.m., 192 lasers at the National Ignition Facility converged on a small gold cylinder that contained a tiny bead of fuel composed of two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium…