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We have 'ignition': Fusion breakthrough draws energy gain

• OhNoNotAgain_99 4y ago
• Normille 4y ago
  >U.S. scientists have achieved “ignition” — a fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to create... >The inefficient lasers used in the experiment required about 300 megajoules of energy to fire just 2 megajoules of energy into the experiment. The reaction produced about 3 megajoules of energy... A bit of a generous definition of 'produced more energy than it took to create' there.