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Bubble Fusion Results Replicated

Posted by Hemos on from the the-elusive-fusion-tracking-continues dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) stating that they have replicated and extended previous experimental results that indicated the occurrence of nuclear fusion using a novel approach for plasma confinement. Interesting stuff, read about it here."

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  1. Shrimps did it! by arakis · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The press release linked doesn't mention it, but nature has an implementation of this phenomenon called the Snapping Shrimp. This tiny bugger creates a cavitation buble with a claw that actually stuns prey with the shockwave generated. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first saw video of this.

    Maybe we will see the rise of genetically engineered shrimp that can live in the reactor and keep the system up for peanuts?

    Here is a link on the shrimp How Snapping Shrimp Snap