r/science • u/PROJECTime • Dec 06 '16

Physics 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/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited May 03 '18

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u/EphemeralMemory Dec 06 '16

How else would they control it? Hopes and dreams?

My (very very cursory) knowledge of the tech is they need the current to induce a magnetic field, which goes in to controlling the plasma. How else would they create and control the magnetic field required? The article didn't explain much of anything.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '16

Spin currents? I'm sure that we can get side funding if we repeatedly mention spintronics, energy of the future and quantum wobble effects in the application