m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1821arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square259fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGabu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months 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.