Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home

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Researchers Just Demonstrated Nuclear Fusion in a Device Small Enough to Keep at Home

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https://www.sciencealert.com/a-breakthr ... -your-home
Using a mix of 20 percent deuterium and 80 percent hydrogen, the team managed to hold stable a 50 centimeter (1.6 foot) long column of plasma enough to achieve fusion, evidenced by a signature generation of neutrons being emitted.

We're only talking 5 microseconds worth of neutrons here, so don't clear space in your basement for your Z-Pinch 3000 Home Fusion Box quite yet. But the stability was 5,000 times longer than you'd expect without such a method being used, showing the principle is ripe for further study.
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how quickly will that charge my smart phone
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Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
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Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
By the time we get to that point, we will all be dead, so I won't be worrying about it.
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The Conservative wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:39 am
Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
By the time we get to that point, we will all be dead, so I won't be worrying about it.
You will for sure, the way you fucking eat.
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heydaralon wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:49 pm
The Conservative wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:39 am
Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
By the time we get to that point, we will all be dead, so I won't be worrying about it.
You will for sure, the way you fucking eat.
Meaning? I make 90% of what I eat... and that's from scratch.
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The Conservative wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:22 pm
heydaralon wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:49 pm
The Conservative wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:39 am

By the time we get to that point, we will all be dead, so I won't be worrying about it.
You will for sure, the way you fucking eat.
Meaning? I make 90% of what I eat... and that's from scratch.
Yeah but most of it is full of fructose and trans fats.
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heydaralon wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:38 pm
The Conservative wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:22 pm
heydaralon wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:49 pm

You will for sure, the way you fucking eat.
Meaning? I make 90% of what I eat... and that's from scratch.
Yeah but most of it is full of fructose and trans fats.
Ummm, no... but ok.
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Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
You'll be dead by brain tumor from 5g long before you get a fusion powered iPhone.
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Ph64 wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:31 am
Speaker to Animals wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 10:02 am Atomic iPhones. What could possibly go wrong??
You'll be dead by brain tumor from 5g long before you get a fusion powered iPhone.
*yip*