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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 8 months ago by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] neeshie@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Is this experiment not govt funded?

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

Has that ever stopped them before?

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago

Yup. To be fair, they never specified who was actually responsible for the cost of research. US pharma companies do that all the time - the majority of pharmaceutical research is heavily subsidized so, their just double-dipping.

[–] naticus@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

In that case, got to pay those lobbyists.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world -3 points 8 months ago

government what