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For all the heady talk about the misleadingly deific, recently confirmed quantum specks named after a Scottish physicist, another kind of historic event has transpired: in a shot fired on July 5, a record-shattering laser beam generated more power than the U.S. does at any single instant.
Read more: Powerful Laser Shot Offers Hope for Self-Sustaining Energy | Techland | TIME.com
And while electricity produced by sustained, controlled fusion reactions may not be commercially viable, well, ever, depending on who you talk to some say 30 to 40 years; others say indefinitely, given the technical challenges of putting star stuff in a container the July 5 laser shot appears to be a major step forward.
NIF is becoming everything scientists planned when it was conceived over two decades ago, said NIF director Edward Moses of the July 5 shot. In January 2012, Moses predicted that fusion ignition would happen in the next 6 to 18 months.
Read more: Powerful Laser Shot Offers Hope for Self-Sustaining Energy | Techland | TIME.com
Read more: Powerful Laser Shot Offers Hope for Self-Sustaining Energy | Techland | TIME.com
And while electricity produced by sustained, controlled fusion reactions may not be commercially viable, well, ever, depending on who you talk to some say 30 to 40 years; others say indefinitely, given the technical challenges of putting star stuff in a container the July 5 laser shot appears to be a major step forward.
NIF is becoming everything scientists planned when it was conceived over two decades ago, said NIF director Edward Moses of the July 5 shot. In January 2012, Moses predicted that fusion ignition would happen in the next 6 to 18 months.
Read more: Powerful Laser Shot Offers Hope for Self-Sustaining Energy | Techland | TIME.com