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Team Confirms UCLA Tabletop Fusion

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the doc-oc-not-available-for-comment dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A team of New York physicists has confirmed that a tabletop contraption made at UCLA does in fact generate nuclear fusion at room temperatures, using pairs of crystals and a small tank of deuterium. But unlike less reliable reports back in the 1980s, there's no talk this time of producing endless supplies of power. Rather, the technology could lead to ultra-portable x-ray machines and even a wearable device that could provide safe, continuous cancer treatment."

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  1. Back to the Future? by airship · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But will this generate the 1.21 gigawatts required by my time flux capacitor? I really need a 'Mr. Fusion' reactor for my DeLorean.

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  2. Why worry? by shrtcircuit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dr Ray Stantz: You know, it just occurred to me that we really haven't had a successful test of this equipment.
    Dr. Egon Spengler: I blame myself.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: So do I.
    Dr Ray Stantz: Well, no sense in worrying about it now.
    Dr. Peter Venkman: Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.

  3. Re:Tabletop fusion by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What do you expect from UCLA?