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

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[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

always 20 years off :-)

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Since at least the 90s

[–] TheWoozy@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

It was 30 years away in the 1950s and still is.
Controlled fusion is harder than we thought & may be harder than we think.