UPDATE:
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In the comments below jusjtim35 points to an excellent Twitter post (yes, I dislike linking to the dying bird, too) about the advance. In short, the advance using a massive laser system achieves the ignition of a fusion reaction with lasers rather than a nuclear fission explosion (if I follow correctly).
There’s a major story breaking out of the Department of Energy today. An article in the Financial Times reports that scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have achieved a gain of energy in an experimental system, releasing 20% more energy than input into a system by lasers. There’s an announcement…
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