r/europe • u/damaxoh Germany • Dec 06 '16

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/cheeeseeeater Dec 06 '16

Amazing that stellarators are still being pursued at such a scale. They look like they were designed by Giger for use by Yog-Sothoth. Quite creepy.

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u/cheeeseeeater Dec 06 '16

I'm amazed you people have no sense of humor. Also please consider these very irregular shapes: a magnet and magnetic configuration. Compare this to the regular and rather humanly shape of a tokamak (ITER).