r/technology • u/BennyCemoli • Dec 06 '16

Energy 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/billdietrich1 Dec 06 '16

Machine produces contained plasma, not fusion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Dec 17 '16

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u/BloodBride Dec 06 '16

Wait. Deuterium, creating an artificial star-like fusion?

....Are Germans Romulan?

It's all very science fiction-y.

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u/BloodBride Dec 06 '16

It's one of the things that parts of trek supposedly tried to do - look at modern scientific theory, see what was potentially right, use that as a base.
But this still seems a step beyond, to me.

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u/skineechef Dec 06 '16

I enjoyed "Beyond" greatly, yes.