m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square256linkfedilinkarrow-up1832arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1819arrow-down1external-linkNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comm3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square256linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThere are fusion reactor designs (most hypothetical, but some physical) which use magnetic interactions to capture the energy as electricity. The issue is that it’s orders of magnitude more complex to do, even if it increases efficiency.
There are fusion reactor designs (most hypothetical, but some physical) which use magnetic interactions to capture the energy as electricity. The issue is that it’s orders of magnitude more complex to do, even if it increases efficiency.