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Physicists create self-burning plasma, but is it a step towards sustainable nuclear fusion energy?

This marks a milestone on the way to nuclear fusion power — and perhaps sustainable electricity generation — using lasers.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

Researchers Achieve Milestone on Path toward Nuclear Fusion Energy

US government scientists said on Wednesday they have taken an important step in the long trek toward making nuclear fusion - the very process that powers stars - a viable energy source for humankind. Using the world's largest laser, the researchers coaxed fusion fuel for the first time to heat…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 26, 2022