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

Seems pretty useful to me, considering you only exist because of fusion.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I'm specifically referring to man-made fusion as an energy source... Otherwise essentially all of our energy sources could be called "fusion" since they all trace back to it in one way or another.