pips@lemmy.film to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoUS scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reactionwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1121arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareChup@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoIn the 1st paragraph is a link to the previous article of the same experiment a few months ago, that has some more details mentioned: >researchers have managed to release 2.5 MJ of energy after using just 2.1 MJ to heat the fuel with lasers. >the positive energy gain reported ignores the 500MJ of energy that was put into the lasers themselves. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/12/breakthrough-in-nuclear-fusion-could-mean-near-limitless-energy
In the 1st paragraph is a link to the previous article of the same experiment a few months ago, that has some more details mentioned:
>researchers have managed to release 2.5 MJ of energy after using just 2.1 MJ to heat the fuel with lasers.
>the positive energy gain reported ignores the 500MJ of energy that was put into the lasers themselves.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/12/breakthrough-in-nuclear-fusion-could-mean-near-limitless-energy