Colorado
New $150M facility will fire 7-petawatt lasers to (hopefully) achieve nuclear fusion
This month, construction crews are breaking ground on an ambitious new laser research facility at Colorado State University, which aims to be a nexus for developing laser-driven...
Forward-looking: Fusion energy is often regarded as the holy grail of power generation because it harnesses the same atomic process that powers the sun. The concept involves forcing atomic nuclei to fuse together, unleashing immense energy. If scient... [2443 chars]