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| Subject: Lunatics in science: Edging closer to re-creating - and controlling - the power of the sun Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:29 am | |
| It turns out that thermonuclear fusion, the elusive energy source that could solve many of the world's problems, is a pinky-purple colour.
We're in the control room of JET, the 30-year-old Joint European Torus tucked behind the thatched houses and winding country lanes of Oxfordshire, which holds the world record for coming the closest to proving fusion's commercial viability.
Engineers and physicists tap at their computers and gaze up at a dark video screen.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/switching-on-a-glowing-idea-for-the-future-20130705-2phc9.html#ixzz2YKoTWT8M |
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