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The title is unfair in suggesting this is a result coming from Oxford institutions alone. As correctly put in the EUROfusion official press release, the EUROfus
by adg001 5y ago
The title is unfair in suggesting this is a result coming from Oxford institutions alone. As correctly put in the EUROfusion official press release, the EUROfusion consortium comprises "4,800 experts, students and staff from across Europe, co-funded by the European Commission".
Edited to add the link (now on HN front page): https://www.euro-fusion.org/news/2022/european-researchers-achieve-fusion-energy-record/ https://www.euro-fusion.org/news/2022/european-researchers-a...
- rahen 5y agoYes, additionally JET stands for Joint European Torus, it's not British. The title is as misleading as calling ITER French because it's located in France.
- dang 5y agoWe've edited the title to match the article now. Not sure if the submitted title ("Oxford's JET lab smashes nuclear fusion energy output record") was the BBC's and they've corrected it, or was editorializing by the submitter (which isn't allowed on HN - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).
- j245 5y agoOxford is also a geographical location. So it could be interpreted as, Research lab in town of Oxford.