The tiny diamond sphere that is crucial to the future of nuclear fusion and clean energy

The tiny diamond sphere that is crucial to the future of nuclear fusion and clean energy

Scientists had been trying for decades to reach that threshold.

On Monday, December 5, 2022, at 1:03 am, an experiment took place in California that may be vitally important to the future of energy.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) aimed their 192-beam laser at a cylinder with a small diamond capsule filled with nuclear fuel.

The powerful burst of laser light generated immense temperatures and pressures by triggering a fusion reaction, like the one that powers the Sun.

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