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Where is the power of nuclear fusion? We could be at a technological turning point

Where is the power of nuclear fusion? We could be at a technological turning point

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Mega-amp spherical tokamak in Oxfordshire, UK. Credit: Courtesy of MAST, CC BY-SA Our society faces the great challenge of providing sustainable, safe and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To date, fusion energy developments, which potentially tick all of these boxes, have been funded …

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Fusion technology reaches a turning point that could change the energy game

Fusion technology reaches a turning point that could change the energy game

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Our society faces the great challenge of providing sustainable, safe and affordable ways to generate energy while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero around 2050. To date, fusion energy developments, which potentially tick all of these boxes, have been funded almost exclusively by the public sector. However, something is changing. Private equity …

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How far is the power of nuclear fusion? We could be at a turning point in technology

How far is the power of nuclear fusion? We could be at a turning point in technology

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Our society faces the great challenge of providing sustainable, safe and affordable means of generating energy, while trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To date, fusion energy developments, which potentially tick all of these boxes, have been funded almost exclusively by the public sector. However, something is changing. Private equity …

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On the origin of COVID and the persistence of Omicron: this geneticist's point of view - DNA Science

On the origin of COVID and the persistence of Omicron: this geneticist’s point of view – DNA Science

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The last phrase borrowed from biology in COVID conversations is convergent evolution. It refers to pairs of unrelated species that resemble each other because their ancestors evolved under similar environmental conditions. Natural selection favored adaptive (useful) inherited traits, and millennia later two unrelated species of mammals or birds look remarkably similar. Convergent evolution also happens …

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After COP27, all signs point to the world exceeding the 1.5 degree global warming limit - here's what else we can do about it

After COP27, all signs point to the world exceeding the 1.5 degree global warming limit – here’s what else we can do about it

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The world could still, theoretically, meet its goal of keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, a level that many scientists consider a dangerous threshold. In reality, this is unlikely to happen. Part of the problem was evident at COP27, the UN climate conference in Egypt. While national climate negotiators successfully fought to “keep 1.5 …

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Critical point of the CAPSTONE spacecraft’s deep space route to the Moon

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The CAPSTONE mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 2022. Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite bus will deliver CAPSTONE on a trajectory to the Moon. Credit: NASA Illustration/Daniel Rutter Today, November 13, CAPSTONE will reach the Moon and become the first spacecraft to enter a unique elongated orbit that will support Nasa Founded in …

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