12-18-2020, 09:05 PM
We are about 50 years from commercial nuclear fusion, as we have been for the last 70 years.
On the flip side, we have a ginormous working fusion machine that makes more power than we could ever hope to use. And we've gotten a lot better at using it:
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By the way, if you are interested, the Economist had a recent podcast on all the major scientific papers that were big deals but were overlooked because of COVID-19.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-te...-this-year
A few of the ones I'd highlight:
Cancer screening in a blood test: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17316-z
Room temperature superconductors: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10...ductivity/
Why there's more matter than anti-matter: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2177-0
BC
On the flip side, we have a ginormous working fusion machine that makes more power than we could ever hope to use. And we've gotten a lot better at using it:
By the way, if you are interested, the Economist had a recent podcast on all the major scientific papers that were big deals but were overlooked because of COVID-19.
https://www.economist.com/science-and-te...-this-year
A few of the ones I'd highlight:
Cancer screening in a blood test: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17316-z
Room temperature superconductors: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10...ductivity/
Why there's more matter than anti-matter: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2177-0
BC