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mara was right about the lasers in the fusion project

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Dec 14 '22, 05:33

The lab had been conducting this experiment for years, tweaking how and where the lasers are fired. On Dec. 5, the changes paid off: The resulting nuclear fusion produced more energy — about 50 percent more — than the incoming energy from the lasers. (Although firing the lasers uses more energy — a different problem to solve.)

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they’re basically an understand H-bombs lab, not a commercial fusion lab. it’s unlikely their tech will scale, or that they can solve the laser issue. - mafic Dec 14, 05:53 4
- fwiw, some of their work has turned into some very successful products. - i.b! Dec 14, 06:47
- it is now an engineering question rather than a theoretical question though, so fusion is closer. -- nm - mud Dec 14, 06:09 2
  - Theoretically. -- nm - mara Dec 14, 06:41 1
    - demonstrably. -- nm - mud Dec 14, 06:43

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