Tabletop fusion reactor mimics cosmic-ray crashes "It seems like a remarkable achievement, a once-in-a-decade leap," says François Waelbroeck, director of the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas in Austin. Still, the work is a far cry from making fusion power a reality.
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