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Cold fusion, better known by its practitioners as LENR, is the science—or, perhaps, the art—of making atomic nuclei merge and, ideally, harnessing the resultant energy. All of this happens without the incredible temperatures, on the scale of millions of degrees, that you need for “traditional” fusion. In a dream world, successful cold fusion could provide us with a boundless supply of clean, easily attainable energy. https://lnkd.in/esecPf4S

With recent technological breakthroughs the stellarator approach to fusion energy is the leading design to commercial energy production. The collaboration between Stellarex and the Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics will play an important role in the rapid realization of economic fusion energy. #Fusion #Fusionpower #FusionEnergy #FusionpowerPlant #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #RenwableEnergy

"If net-positive fusion energy is to ever be achieved, density is key: the more atomic nuclei crashing into each other, the more efficient the reaction will be. Nearly 40 years ago, Martin Greenwald identified a density limit above which tokamak plasmas become unstable, and the so-called Greenwald limit has at best been exceeded by a factor of two in the ensuing decades." #fusionenergy

Hopefully, this study will bring us closer to nuclear fusion 🌌 "Physicists overcome two key operating hurdles in fusion reactions" #energy #nuclearfusion #cleanenergy #plasmaphysics #tokamak #electricity https://lnkd.in/ekqPFsfS

What is inertial #fusion energy? SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory scientists explain it and the science and technology advances required to develop this new clean #nuclear #energy source, including how the lab will contribute. Read the explainer: https://lnkd.in/gRwFytR3

Ok, I'll gladly believe it when I see it ... there were too many announcements previously that someone has mastered #fusion as an #energysolution which would truly revolutionize our entire planet, solving #climatecrisis and #globalwarming if rolled out at scale and provided there's enough fuel available to feed the fusion process. The Helion process is based on deuterium (D) which can be extracted from naturally occurring heavy water (HDO) by distillation or electrolysis, so the raw materials exist. The fusion process itself is contained within a magnetic field and starts with the production of Helium-3 via D-D fusion and then in a second step by a fusion of Helium-3 with another D. OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman is heavily invested in Helion, and having a first plant live in 2028 would be an incredible game changer, disrupting decades of physics research on fusion which so far has led to a lot of progress and understanding of the underlying physics - but no tangible result and no credible timeline for something useful in actual production of relatively clean energy. #alternativeenergy 12 https://lnkd.in/eynWqnXy

"Unlocking the Power of Nuclear Fusion: A Clean, Limitless Energy Solution Nuclear fusion offers a game-changing opportunity for clean, safe, and sustainable energy production. By replicating the process that powers the sun, fusion has the potential to provide us with virtually limitless energy without greenhouse gas emissions or long-lived radioactive waste. While challenges remain, ongoing research and development efforts are paving the way for a brighter, more sustainable energy future. Let's harness the power of fusion to drive innovation and combat climate change together. #NuclearFusion #CleanEnergy #Sustainability"

What good is a match if you're lighting soaking wet wood? All this article is talking about is the "match" for fusion. What about the fire after the "match"? Where is the fusion "fire"? It's never appeared. If anyone would look ar the last 70 years of creating fusion, they will see there is no "fire" because there is no natural catalyst for fusion. No matter how much juice the lasers have, the fire will always go out just like it always has. We are creating all the energy for fusion because nucleosynthesis requires energy. That's why the Big Bang Theory made up supernovae. Fusion doesn't work but fission does. Quark-electron plasma is the ultimate form of fission and it represents the energy that E=mc² suggests. Proof of quark-electron plasma comes from particle colliders and lightning creating gamma rays. Proof of fusion is from a theory that has been useless. Money is the only thing that makes fusion right.

Solving the "drive-deficit" in inertial confinement fusion? Game-changing! Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have made significant strides in understanding and resolving this long-standing issue in indirect-drive ICF experiments. This breakthrough could reshape the future of fusion energy, making it a more viable and efficient power source. As we continue to push the boundaries of energy technology, these advancements are crucial. Exciting times ahead for the fusion energy sector! Read more: [Physicists uncover key to resolving long-standing inertial confinement fusion hohlraum drive deficit] https://lnkd.in/gz8w3WPU Check this out: https://lnkd.in/gz8w3WPU

#RI #RD #NuclearFusion #Sun #StandardSolarModel #AccuratePredictions 🤔 《Novel theory-based evaluation gives a ➡️clearer picture of fusion in the sun (...) The ✔new protocol gives scientists a better tool for ✔determining the rate of fusion of protons with beryllium-7 at low energy ➡️using data from experiments conducted at higher energy. The result ✔agrees statistically with the currently recommended value. It also ➡️reduces the ✔uncertainty by a factor of five. In the future, this improvement will be joined by similar improvements for other critical reaction rates in the sun. This will translate into ➡️more accurate predictions based on the ✔standard solar mode.(...)》 🤔 Ref phys https://lnkd.in/dEwyZXPA