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Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announces a major scientific breakthrough in fusion research made at a lab in California, during a news conference at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Scientists have reached a major milestone in the pursuit of nuclear fusion, the process that powers the stars and could one day provide a globally accessible, long-term supply of carbon-free energy. U.S. government officials said the breakthrough was achieved last week at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the site of a long-running effort to achieve fusion by blasting specially designed targets with powerful laser beams. During a test on Dec. 5, the nuclear reaction triggered in a tiny target released about 50 per cent more energy than it took to trigger the reaction with a powerful blast from the laser. The result marks the first time any such experiment has achieved a net energy gain – a crit...

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, centre, announces a major scientific breakthrough in fusion research that was made at a lab in California, during a news conference at the Department of Energy in Washington on Dec. 13, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Scientists have reached a major milestone in the pursuit of nuclear fusion, a process that powers the stars and could one day provide a globally accessible long-term supply of carbon-free energy. U.S. government officials said the breakthrough was achieved last week at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the site of a long running effort to achieve fusion by blasting specially designed targets with powerful laser beams. During a test on Dec. 5, the nuclear reactions triggered in a tiny target released about 1.5 more energy during the experiment than it received when it was struck with a powerful blast from the laser. The result marks the first time that any such experiment has ac...

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announces a major scientific breakthrough in fusion research made at a lab in California, during a news conference at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Scientists have reached a major milestone in the pursuit of nuclear fusion, the process that powers the stars and could one day provide a globally accessible, long-term supply of carbon-free energy. U.S. government officials said the breakthrough was achieved last week at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the site of a long-running effort to achieve fusion by blasting specially designed targets with powerful laser beams. During a test on Dec. 5, the nuclear reaction triggered in a tiny target released about 50 per cent more energy than it took to trigger the reaction with a powerful blast from the laser. The result marks the first time any such experiment has achieved a net energy gain – a crit...

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, centre, announces a major scientific breakthrough in fusion research that was made at a lab in California, during a news conference at the Department of Energy in Washington on Dec. 13, 2022. J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Scientists have reached a major milestone in the pursuit of nuclear fusion, a process that powers the stars and could one day provide a globally accessible long-term supply of carbon-free energy. U.S. government officials said the breakthrough was achieved last week at the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the site of a long running effort to achieve fusion by blasting specially designed targets with powerful laser beams. During a test on Dec. 5, the nuclear reactions triggered in a tiny target released about 1.5 more energy during the experiment than it received when it was struck with a powerful blast from the laser. The result marks the first time that any such experiment has ac...