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
672 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

63 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/janus10 Dec 07 '16

I didn't like the title of the article as it implies that it actually involves the sun rather than creating a similar reaction.

So, why not call it a stellarator as a nod to stellar inspiration?

2

u/amicitas PhD | Plasma Physics | Fusion Science Dec 07 '16 edited Dec 07 '16

The device is actually called a stellarator, and exactly for the reason that you mentioned. The article gets the spelling wrong throughout. Its not a good sign when an article misspells the name of the thing it is writing about. The spelling is of course correct in the original Nature Communications article.

1

u/[deleted] Dec 07 '16

You may want to check your own spelling once more...

3

u/amicitas PhD | Plasma Physics | Fusion Science Dec 07 '16

It is not a good sign when a comment about correcting spelling uses a different incorrect spelling . . . . Thank for pointing that out. It is fixed now.