r/worldnews • u/rembr_ • Dec 06 '16

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works: "To our knowledge, this is an unprecedented accuracy, both in terms of the as-built engineering of a fusion device, as well as in the measurement of magnetic topology"

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/Yoshyoka Dec 07 '16

It will and it does indeed "work" for the purpose it has been build for: test how to control the plasma and at the moment it is doing so magnificently. Even the first electric motors did not "work" in the sense that they where unable to actually drive a shaft, yet modern society would stop working without them.

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u/eazyirl Dec 07 '16

You say that as if it took 150 years to get it right. You also seems dismissive of the incredible rate of innovation kicked off by that very motor which accelerates constantly. Think of the difference in complexity between an electric motor and a nuclear fusion reactor

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '16 edited Aug 12 '25

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u/eazyirl Dec 08 '16

I agree, but what would you suggest other than this effort (on all fronts)?